As a literacy teacher--I assess my students regularly with traditional methods. I take running records daily and use this diagnostic information to guide my instruction. To be honest, I have used more traditional means for assessing student’s growth. Having had the opportunity to learn about 21st Century Literacy Skills needed for the future through this summer class, I have had to reflect on my current teaching methods. I need to adapt and make the changes to infuse both traditional skills with those needed for the 21st Century student. I need to make the leap as a literacy educator into 21st Century teaching and learning. Rubrics are not new to me--but I never have used them and really did not see how I could make them fit when providing remedial support to students in literacy.
Rubrics are not new but honestly I have never created or used one with my students. I hear more administrators and teachers talking about rubrics. Having had the opportunity to create one through this class--its not as overwhelming as anticipated. There are many teacher made rubrics floating around out in cyber space which makes it a lot easier now to jump on the rubric bandwagon. The internet is filled with free samples and great ideas about how to create your own. I really enjoyed creating sample rubrics that I will use with my students this year. The following sites are great for providing teachers with rubrics that can be used for all areas of the curriculum.
http://school.discoveryeducation.com/schrockguide/assess.html
http://rubistar.4teachers.org/index.php
Maybe you could have students record themselves reading a text and grade them, by rubric, on fluency, tone etc. Under fluency you could make a category of 0-1 mistake, 2-4 mistakes etc.
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