RUBRICS & ONLINE PORTFOLIOS


How to create a rubric from scratch: Helpful information from Chicago Public Schools. Includes step-by-step instructions

ONLINE PORTFOLIOS

Online Portfolios: Cathleen Chamberlin's page is a wonderful resource on how to use portfolios and how to set them up for your own classroom. You can see exemplary sites, learn how to work with graphics and even scan your student's work.

RUBRICS: EXAMPLES

Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators: Rubrics & Assessments Now that we are using the Internet in the classroom to support instruction, it is important that the area of assessment be addressed. The natural tendency for teachers is to provide a rubric for student use and for assessment purposes. You will find a collection of assessment rubrics for use of the World Wide Web that may be helpful for you as you design your own. An excellent resource!

Midlink Magazine's Rubrics and Evaluation Resources

Ready-Made Rubrics from Rubrics4Teachers: Scores of rubrics, categorized by grade level and subject area. Many of these rubrics are in .pdf format.

Rubrics for Web Lessons: Provides excellent information on what a rubric is, and how it can be useful in the classroom. Examples of rubrics for journals, web pages, webquests, panel discussions (and more!) are included. This site also contains a Rubric Template.

University of Wisconsin-Stout provides teacher-created rubrics for everything from collaboration and group processing to Six Traits Writing and oral presentations. A valuable resource.

 

RUBRIC GENERATORS

Midlink Magazine's Rubrics and Evaluation Resources: Download these Excel files. These templates are working spreadsheets with functions for total scores, etc. You may add new criteria and text to suit your needs.

Landmark Project's Rubric Builder: Simply fill in what you want to appear on your rubric, assign points for each level of performance, click the button - and this site generates the rubric for you! Save your rubrics online and edit them later!

RubiStar is a tool to help the teacher who wants to use rubrics but does not have the time to develop them from scratch.