Planning the Project - Assessment

Before creating a rubric, teachers need to decide the type of rubric they would like to use, and that will largely be determined by the inquiry focus, inquiry statement/question, specific learning objectives and desired outcomes.

Teachers should ask themselves the following questions:

1. How detailed do I want my feedback to be? 
2. How will I break down my expectations for this project?
3. Are all of the tasks equally important?
4. How do I want to assess performance?
5. What standards must the students hit in order to achieve acceptable or exceptional performance?
6. Do I want to give one final grade on the project or a cluster of smaller grades based on several criteria?
7. Am I grading based on the work or on participation? Am I grading on both?

Once teachers have decided on how detailed they would like the rubric to be and the goals they are trying to reach, they are ready to create their rubric.