Rubrics aren’t going away anytime soon, but let’s not pretend they always help students or tackle the biggest problem in student writing. Rubrics give students criteria for how their grade will be ...

The A Essay makes an interesting, complex—even surprising—argument and is thoroughly well-executed. It both engages the text closely and sheds light on relevant contexts (historical, theoretical, or ...

GoGuardian has added new AI capabilities to its student assessment tool, Edulastic, designed to help save time in creating and grading tests. The new features include Question Generator and Assisted ...

Includes introductory sentence that includes the author, title, and main idea. Has supporting sentences that highlight key/major points that support the author's main ideas. Does not include personal ...

Much of the writing in advanced undergraduate seminars in Psychology is of the form of research review papers or research reviews that lead to a proposed study to advance the field (or domain under ...

Goals and objectives are measured by a performance assessment in the courses required for the Philosophy major. Specifically, student performance in writing essays, and essay exam questions, will be ...

In February, my colleague Catherine Gewertz wrote about the EQuIP rubric, which teams of teachers are using to deem whether instructional materials are aligned to the Common Core State Standards. The ...