Rubrics are an effective way to reveal to children how they will be assessed and in return, they will examine the standards and try to achieve them.
A rubric can be used throughout the classroom in many ways:
- In assessing written assignments such as poems and stories.
- In role play and dramatic play centres.
- In presentations such as songs and puppet play.
- In assessing developmental milestones such as language or personal and social development (dressing one self and eating habits).
- In assessing a child's readiness to learn.
- In cooperation with report cards: using the specific categories that are outlined in the final report card (ex// Beginning, Developing, Independent) and applying them to the rubric. Effective and efficient in transferring assessment to the final evaluation.
- In assisting the teachers, as well as the parents, in looking at the whole child.
- Rubrics can be used to make subjective judgements about a child's work or developmental status and more objectively through clearly stated criteria for performance or expected knowledge.
- Introduce rubrics through age-appropriate media (ex// drawing)