Rubric Collaboration for Teachers

Hi teachers!


Agenda:

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• Training
• Benefits
• Clarity
• Consistency
• Direction
• Labor saving?

• The .pdf copy of the rubric
• Alternative: Blog copy of the the SAT Rubric
• Essay Examples from the College Board

• Essay Scoring: Shared Folder for Teachers

• Rigby (paper)
• Tarr
• Reno
• Schwager 

• Shared Notes  

• The rubric assumes at least 25 minutes of time to write.  You could have as much as you like, but 25 is a fair minimum to apply it.  25 minutes is good training as the SAT will remain 25 minutes until current freshmen are juniors (then it will be 50 minutes).  So, 25 minutes is good...and longer allotments are also good preparation. 
• Labor saving?  Or not?
  
• The grade percentages on the rubric are from the honors English II course.  If you teach freshmen or regular sophomores, you would want to give higher grades for a lower quality performance.  I would recommend keeping the same 1-6 number references constant so that students learn the rubric.  Here is a basic summary of the grades you could apply:
  
• Junior--Senior Students (and honors sophs)
• 6 = A
• 5 = B
• 4 = C
• 3 = D
• 2-1 = Failure
• Freshman--Sophomore Students
• 6-5 = A
• 4 = B
• 3 = C
• 2 = D
• 1 = Failure

• Rewrites
• Percentage
• Timing

It's an honor and blessing to work with you; I'm so stoked to see us growing together in this challenging but vital subject!