Using Rubrics for Performance-Based Assessment

Todd Stanley has written a practical, thorough guide for creating rubrics to evaluate student work entitled Using Rubrics for Performance-Based Assessment. His instructions are clear and to the point. He provides examples of effective and ineffective rubrics. He shares how to assess hard-to-measure skills such as collaboration, curiosity, initiative, and more. He describes how to write rubrics and how to assess their reliability and validity. He discusses how to use rubrics to grade student performance. Those teaching at any level, including higher education, will benefit from this guide.