elegantlion Posted September 9, 2011 Share Posted September 9, 2011 I'm beginning to grade ds's writing this year. I have a basic rubric I want to use, however it only has 3 division of areas to grade. The rubric goes from 1-4 in those areas. So if he gets a 3 in the 3 areas and I grade it on straight percentage that knocks the paper automatically to 75%. Since he's a delayed writer, this is a short basic essay. There is not enough to use a more detailed rubric, which I have. However, I think this paper is above a 75%. Do you have any tips on grading with a rubric? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sebastian (a lady) Posted September 9, 2011 Share Posted September 9, 2011 I'm beginning to grade ds's writing this year. I have a basic rubric I want to use, however it only has 3 division of areas to grade. The rubric goes from 1-4 in those areas. So if he gets a 3 in the 3 areas and I grade it on straight percentage that knocks the paper automatically to 75%. Since he's a delayed writer, this is a short basic essay. There is not enough to use a more detailed rubric, which I have. However, I think this paper is above a 75%. Do you have any tips on grading with a rubric? Well, you could weight the different sections. Say you wanted to develop his use of a topic sentence and supporting statements, but expected his mechanics to be pretty solid. You might break out the different parts of the first (does is have a topic sentence, does it have supporting sentences, does it NOT have unrelated detail) as a way to give more credit for that concept. But you might grade harder on mechanics. Or you could expand to a wider scale. Say 1-5 or 1-10. Or you could give totally separate marks. Say one for style, one for format and one for mechanics. Or you could reframe the thinking. Move away from a percentage that relates to pass or fail and give 3/4 points instead. Or allow a rewrite. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bang!Zoom! Posted September 9, 2011 Share Posted September 9, 2011 Here is a bookmark of mine on creating rubrics. http://school.discoveryeducation.com/schrockguide/assess.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elegantlion Posted September 9, 2011 Author Share Posted September 9, 2011 Thanks. I'll read these through in more detail over lunch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tammyla Posted September 10, 2011 Share Posted September 10, 2011 (edited) nm formatting mix up Edited September 10, 2011 by Tammyla Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheApprentice Posted September 10, 2011 Share Posted September 10, 2011 I got a rubric from googling and found read-write-think with 6 divisions and on a 1-4 scale. That may improve the score a bit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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