Presentation by Patricia Loncto on the Oracle Charter School Experience December 2014

1. Presentation by Patricia Loncto
on the Oracle Charter School Experience
December 2014

2. Teachers struggle with constructing
and using valid and reliable rubrics
to support, verify, and document learning.

3. A valid and reliable rubric is an
assessment tool used to evaluate and
judge the continuous growth of the
learner as well as inform the teacher
concerning modifications when
teaching.

4. is VALID if the criteria for assessment
represent important aspects of learning, not
just what is easiest to count, see and score.
is RELIABLE if the score is consistent across
scorers.

5. a knowledge of NYS Learning Standards
a knowledge of basic diagnostic, formative and
summative assessment strategies

6. that rubrics are instructional tools as well as
assessment tools.
how to recognize valid and reliable rubrics that
contain specific qualitative descriptors rather
than quantitative.

7. Teachers will be able to:
use the PLC modified rubrics to score student
work, collect data, benchmark papers.
in a PLC, review the rubric’s validity and
reliability with student work, reflect, adjust
instruction and modify rubric as necessary.
identify student performance behaviors at each
rubric level; formulate prescriptions for moving
up from one level to the next.

8. describe what is seen, not what is missing,
and avoid negative statements.
avoid subjective terms like “most”, “some”,
“occasionally”.
use consecutive numbers.
have an even number of performance levels.
reserve “0” for no submission.

9. The Charrette Protocol’s purpose is to improve a
piece of work in progress by using a projection
unit to collaboratively edit the rubric.

10. Consultants
individually meet
with assigned
PLC to continue
work detailed in
the Now What
Plan, which is
revised each
session.
Accomplishments/Goals:
Art
¡ Edited current rubric for portraiture unit.
¡ Plans to develop into a unit for peer review.
ELA
¡ Edited 11th grade NYS Text Analysis rubric.
¡ Normed the rubric with anchor papers.
¡ Currently scaffolding rubric for grade 10, then
grade 9.
Health
¡ Created a pre and post test for SLO.
¡ Created a short answer rubric to be
benchmarked with student work.
¡ Currently organizing curriculum around SED
Guidance Document for Health Education.
¡ Plans to create project rubrics for student self-
assessment.
¡ Plans to develop a Parenting DBQ.
Math
¡ Edited a Quality of Evidence Rubric that is
currently being used as an exit ticket.
¡ Plans to translate scores into grades.
¡

11. Accomplishments/Goals:
Physical Education
Identified key skills for each unit.
Created a collection of rubrics to edit for reliability and validity.
Currently field testing several rubrics with students and inserting NYS
Standards language into rubrics.
Science
Edited Ticket Out the Door/Do-Now rubric.
Plans to create a lab report rubric.
Social Studies
Edited draft for Thematic Essay rubric based on SED rubric.
Plans to benchmark student work with edited rubric.
Spanish
Edited SED Writing Rubric.
Currently working on revision two for Spanish 1,2,3 writing rubrics after
students have an opportunity to provide feedback.
Technology – N/A

12. Rubric discussions can lead to:
an examination of how individual practices impact the work
of the PLC.
a re-organization of curriculum.
conversations about effective instruction.
PLC dialogue on grading procedures.
the realization that SED rubrics are ineffective for student
self-assessment.