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**Standard 8 ** **Teachers know how to test for student progress. ** The teacher understands and uses formal and informal assessment strategies to evaluate and ensure the continuous intellectual, social, and physical development of the pupil.

Evidence 1: [|Rubistar Rubric Maker]

Rationale 1: Rubistar is a site where rubrics can be created to assess student progress and performance at any grade level. There are a variety of premade rubrics in a number of curricular areas. These rubrics can be used or modified as needed. Teachers can create rubrics for project-based learning activities, tailoring them to specific goals within the assignment or project. The rubrics can then be downloaded or saved within the Rubistar site after registering. I have used this site to make rubrics in several areas to assess student achievement. By posting the rubric prior to students working on an assignment, they can see exactly what is expected as well as how their performance will be graded.

As a teacher, Rubistar allows me to create meaningful assessments in all areas to help guide instruction. By using rubrics, I am able to isolate several areas to be assessed rather than just assigning on overall grade. In this way, I am able to see the areas in which students might need further instruction. Depending on the project other forms of formal and informal assessment are also necessary for effective assessment. However, rubrics are helpful in identifying areas of strength as well as areas of weakness within a single project.

KSD

8.K.2 The teacher knows how to select, construct, and use assessment strategies and instruments appropriate to the learning outcomes being evaluated and to other diagnostic purposes.

 Rubrics can be created and modified as needed to reflect a student’s progress in a variety of areas.

8.S.6 The teacher maintains useful records of student work and performance and can communicate student progress knowledgeably and responsibly, based on appropriate indicators, to students, parents, and other colleagues.

 Rubistar allows the teacher to choose the indicators as well as the descriptors for each area of the rubric. They are easy for parents to read, and they are specific in telling how scores are determined.

8.D.2 The teacher is committed to using assessment to identify student strengths and promote student growth rather than to deny students access to learning opportunities.

Because the rubric is specific and broken into several strands of performance, teachers can look at rubric scores to guide further instruction of the both the class and the individual students