How Do You Make A Rubric For Differentiation?
Rubrics are “rules” or a way to explicitly lay out expectations for an assignment, and the means to evaluate or grade an assignment using a point system. Rubrics work very well for differentiating instruction, as you can establish different levels of performance for general education students and for children receiving special education services. As you start making your rubric, think about the things you need to know to assess a student’s performance on a project/paper/group effort. You need to create four or more categories to evaluate, and then establish the criteria for each score. You can format your rubric as a questionnaire, or as a chart. Be sure it is clearly written, as you want to give it to your students and review it as you introduce the assignment. When you are done, you can tailor your use of the information for: • IEP data collection, especially for writing. • Your grading/reporting format: i.e., 18 of 20 po
