{"id":5466,"date":"2021-11-26T12:20:17","date_gmt":"2021-11-26T06:50:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/learn.toddleapp.com\/?post_type=talk_post&#038;p=5466"},"modified":"2025-08-12T12:00:40","modified_gmt":"2025-08-12T06:30:40","slug":"designing-rubrics-for-authentic-assessment","status":"publish","type":"talk_post","link":"https:\/\/www.toddleapp.com\/learn\/talk-post\/designing-rubrics-for-authentic-assessment\/","title":{"rendered":"<b>Designing Student-Centered Rubrics for Authentic Assessment<\/b>"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"has-normal-font-size wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-about-the-talk\"><strong>About the talk:<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">Inquiry educators are always looking for tools and strategies for ongoing learning and assessment. A rubric is an assessment tool used to evaluate student performance against a series of established criteria and goals. It not only makes expectations explicit, but also gives students a clear sense of what is expected of them, and how these goals can be met.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">Regardless of your grade level or curriculum, the ability to critically reflect on a unit and design clear learning objectives is a necessary skill for empowering assessment capable classrooms. Join Mike Matthews, experienced educator and coach, as he unpacks his process for developing clear, student-centred rubrics for authentic assessments. Dive into the what, why and how of rubrics and walk away with tools and resources needed to promote learning and growth in your classrooms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">Looking to deepen your understanding of rubrics?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">Discover Mike&#8217;s ideas and get access to multi-grade examples in his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.toddleapp.com\/learn\/resource_post\/building-rubrics-for-efficient-and-authentic-assessment\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">comprehensive ebook<\/a> on rubric design. Here is the <a href=\"https:\/\/padlet.com\/kripa5\/sgdw2t4n741edl54\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">padlet<\/a> with ideas, examples and best practices shared by participants during the webinar. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group learnings has-background\" style=\"background-color:#fff6f3\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"has-normal-font-size wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-key-highlights\"><strong>Key highlights:<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Explore purpose in rubric design<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Develop clear and accessible rubrics<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Explore common pitfalls in rubric design<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>About the talk: Inquiry educators are always looking for tools and strategies for ongoing learning and assessment. A rubric is an assessment tool used to evaluate student performance against a series of established criteria and goals. 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