1. Chapter 4 centers around designing rubrics to
assess performance.
In second language instruction, students should
be assessed via rubrics when given the task of
producing a sample of language.
Such an assessment should spur reflection on
the part of the student as to how to improve for
the future.
2. There are six steps to producing an effective rubric:
1) identify what makes a quality performance.
2) Evaluate the qualities against the characteristics of the targeted
level of proficiency.
3) Describe the performance that meets your expectations with the
specificity and clarity that will focus your instruction and student
learning.
4) Provide guidelines for what does and doesn´t meet your
expectations. Make sure to describe these differences.
5) Try to pilot your rubric with students on a practice activity and
revise it based on student work and feedback.
6) Decide how you will communicate the assessment results.
Conversion charts can change rubric scores to a percentage or a
grade. Another approach is to use rubrics in the calculation of a
quarter or semester grade.
