Sample Assessment Rubric

Rubrics are highly effective tools for teachers and students alike. For teachers, they can be used as a
scoring tool and they make explicit what is being looked for in the end product. For students, they
provide a target and outline what level of performance is associated with each point value. In the end,
expectations are made clear for both parties in the learning process. This sample assessment rubric
below was developed for the following learning objective: After completion of a module on educational
finance, students will critique at least five areas of fiscal concern in a school budget using Blogger, while
achieving a minimum score of proficient on the rubric provided.

CRITERIA UNSATISFACTORY (0) PROFICIENT (1) EXEMPLARY (2)

Identifies fiscal Identifies less than five Identifies exactly five Identifies more than
concerns in the school areas of fiscal concern areas of fiscal concern five areas of fiscal
budget concern
Analyzes fiscal Provides limited or Provides detailed and Provides highly
concerns identified superficial analysis of comprehensive analysis perceptive analysis of
concerns of concerns concerns showing
evidence of unique
insight and meticulous
scrutiny of the school
budget
Proposes solutions to Proposed solutions are Proposed solutions are Proposed solutions are
fiscal concerns overly simplistic and acceptable highly effective,
identified create more significant creative and improve
problems the fiscal positioning of
the school budget
Organization Presentation of ideas Presentation of ideas Presentation of ideas
and arguments within and arguments within and arguments within
blog posting are blog posting are blog posting are very
difficult to follow and coherent and well-reasoned and
comprehend understandable compellingly
articulated
Writing Conventions Blog posting contains Blog posting contains Blog posting is
frequent grammatical, very few grammatical, generally free of
spelling or punctuation spelling or punctuation grammatical, spelling
errors errors or punctuation errors
OVERALL UNSATISFACTORY PROFICIENT EXEMPLARY
PERFORMANCE/ (0-4) (5-7) (8-10)
POINTS REQUIRED