The student generates designs for a problem, plans how to create a solution, and produces a product. Higher scores are earned by more thoroughly investigating the problem, designing multiple feasible solutions, planning with detailed logical steps, and competently creating the solution while justifying any design modifications. The highest scores require critically evaluating information, designs, and plans as well as broadly testing the solution against the original specifications.

1. Technology assessment criteria of 8th grade
Criteria 1 points 2 Points 3 points 4 points 5 Points 6 Points
The student explains the
The student describes the The student explains the problem, discussing its
problem, mentioning its problem, mentioning its relevance and critically
The student states the The student describes the relevance and investigates the relevance and critically investigates the problem,
problem and investigates problem, mentioning its problem, selecting and investigates the problem, evaluating information from a
The student states the
the problem, collecting relevance and investigates analyzing information from evaluating information from broad range of appropriate,
A: Investigate problem and investigates
information from sources the problem, selecting some acknowledged sources some acknowledged acknowledged sources. The
the problem. student describes detailed
and lists some information from some and describes a test to sources and describes a
specifications. acknowledged sources. evaluate the product/solution test to evaluate the methods for appropriate testing
against the design product/solution against the to evaluate the
specification. design specification. product/solution against the
design specification.
The student generates a
The student generates a The student generates range of feasible designs, The student generates a range
The student generates The student generates a of feasible designs, each
few designs, justifying the some designs, justifying each evaluated against the
one design, and makes range of designs, justifying evaluated against the design
choice of one design and the choice of one design design specification,
B: Design some attempt to justify
makes some attempt to and makes some attempt
the choice of one design and
justifying the chosen design
specification and justifies the
this against the design evaluates it fully this against chosen design and evaluates
justify this against the to justify this against the and evaluates it fully this it fully and critically against the
specification. the design specification.
design specification. design specification. against the design design specification.
specification.
The student produces a plan The student produces a plan
The student produces a plan that contains a number of
The student produces a The student produces a that contains a number of
The student produces a that contains a number of detailed, logical steps that
plan that contains some plan that contains a number logical steps that describe
plan that contains a few logical steps that describe the describe the use of resources
C: Plan details of the steps and/or
details of the steps and of logical steps that
use of resources and time, and
the use of resources and
and time. The student critically
includes resources and describe the use of time, evaluating the plan
the resources required. makes some attempt to evaluates the plan and justifies
time. resources and time. and justifying any any modifications to the
evaluate the plan.
modifications to the design. design.

2. Criteria 1 points 2 Points 3 points 4 points 5 Points 6 Points
The student uses The student uses appropriate The student competently The student competently
The student considers the appropriate techniques and techniques and equipment, uses appropriate techniques uses appropriate techniques
and equipment. The student
The student considers the plan and uses appropriate equipment, and follows the and follows the plan, and equipment and follows
follows the plan and justifies
D: Create plan and creates at least techniques and equipment plan and mentions any justifying any modifications the plan, justifying any
any modifications made,
part of a product/solution. to create a modifications made, made, resulting in a modifications made, resulting resulting in a product/solution
product/solution. resulting in a product/solution of good in a product/solution of of appropriate quality using
product/solution. quality. appropriate quality. the resources available.
The student evaluates the
success of the
The student evaluates
The student evaluates the product/solution in an
product/solution in an
The student evaluates the product/solution in an objective objective manner based on
objective manner based on
product/solution and his or manner based on the results of the results of testing, and the
The student evaluates the The student evaluates the the results of testing, and the
her own performance, and testing, and provides an views of the intended users,
product/solution or his or product/solution and his or views of the intended users,
suggests ways in which evaluation of his or her own providing an evaluation of his
E: Evaluate her own performance and her own performance, and
these could be improved, performance, and provides an
providing an evaluation of his
or her own performance, and
makes some attempt to makes some attempt to test or her own performance, and
testing the product/solution appropriate evaluation of the suggests improvements,
test the product/solution. the product/solution. suggests improvements,
to evaluate it against the impact of the product/solution providing an appropriate
providing an appropriate
design specification. on life, society and/or the evaluation of the impact of
evaluation of the impact of
environment. the product/solution on life,
the product/solution.
society and/or the
environment.
The student rarely
The student occasionally The student sometimes The student frequently The student consistently
displays a satisfactory The student often displays a
displays a satisfactory displays a satisfactory displays a satisfactory displays a satisfactory
standard in personal satisfactory standard in
standard in personal standard in personal standard in personal standard in personal
engagement (motivation, personal engagement
engagement (motivation, engagement (motivation, engagement (motivation, engagement (motivation,
F: Attitudes in independence, general
independence, general independence, general independence, general
(motivation, independence,
independence, general
Technology positive attitude) or in general positive attitude) and
positive attitude) or in team positive attitude) and in positive attitude) and in team positive attitude) and in team
team work (attitudes in team work (attitudes
work (attitudes towards team work (attitudes work (attitudes towards safety, work (attitudes towards
towards safety, towards safety, cooperation
safety, cooperation and towards safety, cooperation cooperation and respect for safety, cooperation and
cooperation and respect and respect for others).
respect for others). and respect for others). others). respect for others).
for others).
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