Boom or Bust?

Rubric

Emerging Proficient Mastery

Participation in -Student is familiar with the topic and
his/her role
Meeting -Student must be prompted to speak
30 pts -Student asks general or simple
questions that do not further the
meeting or infrequently generates
debate
Clarity of Position -Student’s opinion is clear, but contains
little detail to support it
25 pts
Use of Evidence -Student occasionally cites primary and
secondary sources during delivery of
25 pts statements, rebuttals, and questioning
-Student demonstrates an
understanding of issue in statements
and questioning
Reflection Paper -Student expresses opinion but offers
little to no support
20 pts
-Student is knowledgeable about the
topic and his/her role
-Student takes notes during the town
hall meeting
-Student has a prepared speech or
questions that contributes to the
meeting and generates debate
-Student supports other group
members in their arguments
-Student expresses a well-thought out,
detailed position
-Student shows some consideration to
contradictory arguments
-Student frequently cites credible
primary and secondary sources during
delivery of statements, rebuttals, and
questioning
-Student demonstrates an
understanding of issue in statements,
rebuttals, and questioning
-Student thoughtfully expresses opinion
and directly makes connections to
points in meeting.
-Meets the criteria for proficient AND
-student makes connection to
relationship between stakeholder
group and issue
-uses prepared notes when speaking
-asks insightful questions
-makes connections with points from
other students, and contributes to the
meeting with persuasive assertions and
rebuttals
-Student expresses a well-thought out,
detailed, and persuasive position
-Student explicitly addresses likely
arguments against their position and
gives data to contradict them
-Student consistently cites credible
primary and secondary sources during
delivery of statements, rebuttals, and
questioning
-Student demonstrates thorough
understanding of issue and real world
implications in statements, rebuttals,
and questioning
-Meets criteria for proficient AND,
-makes meaningful connections
between assessment and relationships
in real world setting.