General Information
Scoring Rubrics: What, When, and How?This article by Barbara Moskal in Practical Assessment, Research, & Evaluation explains types and uses of scoring rubric and provides a process for developing scoring rubrics.
Ideas and Rubrics What rubrics are and how to create them, plus other readings on assessment
Guidelines for Rubric Development A simple guide for creating rubrics
Rubrics for Web Lessons This site’s title is a misnomer; the site has a simple explanation of rubrics for any purpose and links to sample rubrics in several disciplines.
A Sampler of Discipline-Specific PTA Scales Examples of rubrics for accounting, chemistry, foreign languages, history, and mathematics
Writing
WPA Outcomes Statement for First-Year Composition This statement, adopted by the Council of Writing Program Administrators, describes the common knowledge, skills, and attitudes sought by first-year composition programs in American postsecondary education.
IUPUI Goals for Writing Courses Goals for writing courses, from first-year to capstone, at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis
National Postsecondary Education Cooperative (NPEC) Sourcebook of Assessment Information If you are looking for a published test or rubric assessing writing skills, this is the place to look, with fulldescriptions and analyses of a plethora of published instruments.
A Method for Grading Essays in Any Course How to create a simple rubric for assessing writing
Regents’ Testing Program Essay Scoring Manual A continuing challenge is scoring large numbers of writing samples efficiently yet reliably. These extensiveguidelines may help those struggling with these issues or otherwise interested in holistic scoring.
Brenau University Writing Skills Assessment Form
Oral Communication
National Communication Association Assessment Resources Extensive, well-organized set of links to resources for assessing oral communication skills
Critical Thinking
Special Focus Area – Critical ThinkingLinks to several sites on critical thinking
Center for Critical Thinking The Center for Critical Thinking and Moral Critique (affiliated with Sonoma State University) and the Foundation for Critical Thinking seek to promote essential change in education and society through the cultivation of fair-minded critical thinking. This site includes readings and resources on critical thinking.
Holistic Critical Thinking Scoring Rubric A holistic scoring guide for critical thinking
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