"Writing a rubric that can accurately evaluate student work can be tricky. Rather than a single right or wrong answer, rubrics leave room for interpretation and thus subjectivity. How does a teacher who wants to use performance-based assessment in this day and age of SMART goals find a way to reliably assess student work? The solution is to write clear rubrics that allow the evaluator to objectively assess the student work. This book will show classroom teachers not only how to create their own objective rubrics, which can be used to evaluate performance assessments, but also how to empower their own students to create rubrics that are tailored to their work"-- Provided by publisher.

Introduction: the unintended consequences of smart goals -- What is a rubric? -- The advantages of rubrics -- Types of rubrics -- Creating reliable and valid assessments -- How to write a rubric -- Assessing rubrics: the good, the bad, and the ugly -- Empowering students to write their own rubrics -- How to grade using your rubrics -- Developing rubrics for "unmeasurable" skills -- Conclusion: evaluating this book.