Creating Equity with Checklists and Rubrics

Rationale

“What makes rubrics such a valuable strategy for equitable grading is that what distinguishes one score from another is explicitly described. With a rubric, the teacher’s considerations and definitions of quality are now made manifest for everyone to access. The students don’t have to guess or infer how to succeed” (Feldman, 2018, p. 189).

Practices

Identify the tool that meets your needs
Create a checklist
Create a holistic, analytic, or single-point rubric with measurable criteria
Explain rubric and checklist criteria
Engage students in creating rubrics
Use rubrics to ensure peer review is effective
Align feedback with your grading tools
Analyze grading tool data to track progress and improve your instruction

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Creating Equity with Checklists and Rubrics

Rationale

Practices

Identify the tool that meets your needs

Create a checklist

Create a holistic, analytic, or single-point rubric with measurable criteria

Explain rubric and checklist criteria

Engage students in creating rubrics

Use rubrics to ensure peer review is effective

Align feedback with your grading tools

Analyze grading tool data to track progress and improve your instruction