Reexamining Rubrics

August 21, 2009

Rubrics have become a ubiquitous form of assessment, but I’ve long felt some uneasiness about their effectiveness.  Shelly over at Teach Paperless just managed to post exactly the thoughts that I’ve long been unable to coherently articulate.  Read this post provocatively entitled, “Rubrics Were Great.”

“The way I see things is like this: a rubric is an insult both to the intelligence and creativity of a student.” Click here for more.

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