How do you determine mastery of a standard?
USE A PROFICIENCY SCALE/RUBRIC
What is a Proficiency Scale/ Rubric?
A rubric is a scoring tool teachers or students can use to assess student learning after a student has shown mastery of the standard using the capacity matrix.
Marzano Research Laboratory is credited with the creation of Proficiency Scales, which is a type of rubric. It is characterized by four levels of student mastery:
Here is a link to the Marzano Research Laboratory Proficiency Scale Bank!
To develop an effective personal mastery rubric, it must be completely aligned with the standard/s being addressed. The teacher may also include a set of other criteria that ensure a student's mastery of the content is transparent.
If rubrics are aligned to the standard, the student can, then, show mastery through a variety of different methods and choose the best method to showcase their learning.
Some possible ways to showcase their learning include:
A rubric is a scoring tool teachers or students can use to assess student learning after a student has shown mastery of the standard using the capacity matrix.
Marzano Research Laboratory is credited with the creation of Proficiency Scales, which is a type of rubric. It is characterized by four levels of student mastery:
- Mastery - 4.0
- Proficiency - 3.0
- merging - 2.0
- Limited Proficiency - 1.0
Here is a link to the Marzano Research Laboratory Proficiency Scale Bank!
To develop an effective personal mastery rubric, it must be completely aligned with the standard/s being addressed. The teacher may also include a set of other criteria that ensure a student's mastery of the content is transparent.
If rubrics are aligned to the standard, the student can, then, show mastery through a variety of different methods and choose the best method to showcase their learning.
Some possible ways to showcase their learning include:
- Essays
- Standards-Aligned Test/Quiz
- Speeches/ Presentations
- Newsletters
- iMovies
- Podcasts
- Graphic Organizers/ Think Maps
Here are several teacher-created examples of potential rubrics to use in a class.
**Please Note: You will see two versions of the files: one is a file you can download; the other is a version available through Scribd, a web-based storage program that allows you to view the file on the website. Web-based storage cannot be accessed in CCSD, but you can access it at home.**
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