Curriculum Design for the New Millennium - Litchfield Pubilc Schools Linking Standards with Assessment Authentic assessment empowers students to show what they know through performance tasks. These tasks, like most real-life tasks, do not have a single correct answer. There are a variety of ways to complete them. Consequently, evaluating authentic assessments depends upon human judgment rather than computerized or standardized scoring. To ensure equity and consistency in our evaluation methods, we've linked performance tasks with standards through the creation of Scoring Rubrics.
Rubrics describe levels of performance.
They provide teachers, parents and students information about what is expected. Rubrics promote learning and achievement by offering clear performance targets. Rubrics invite students to monitor and assess their own learning, thereby empowering them to be partners in their own education. To strengthen students' commitment to continuous improvement, they are encouraged to contribute to the formation of rubrics. We believe this partnership advances student achievement and promotes life-long learning.