Rubrics, ugh!

Whenever I created lesson plans while an undergrad I always lost points on the assessment section. I found it difficult to outline how I would assess the assignment. Sometimes the process will determine which type of assessment is used. Therefore the idea of students helping to create the assessment is one that I would likely implement in the classroom. By the time students reach high school they know what is expected of their writing assignments. They will likely mention these things when creating their assessment. More importantly, they will likely address other concerns that they have with about their writing.

As for our discussion in class Monday, there is a web-site that a professor recommended I use to create rubrics and I thought it might be interesting for the class to explore it. If you do, keep in mind that the site is sponsored by the federal government. What do they know about assessment? (rubistar.4teachers.org) One thing I noted is how they define mechanics. A perfect score for mechanics means that you have "No grammatical, spelling or punctuation errors."