Joan-
My usual approach is to have my 5th grade students view several sets of
stacks...the good, the bad, the ugly...then create their own rubric based
on what they've seen. I work hard to guide the discussion to include the
criteria I think are important, but also include what they consider
important, too. They usually know. Then we discuss If this is what "great"
means... what is "pretty good"?...what is "not so hot?"... what is
"so-so?"... what is "just plain boring"...what is "awful?" and create a 4
or 5 point rubric based on their criteria.
By the time they've done this several times dduring the year, most of them
are pretty sophisticated at creating HyperStudio stacks that meet the
"great" or "pretty good" criteria. They are less skilled at evaluating
their peers' works, and just plain awful at evaluating their own. (It's all
great, they can't see any problems, etc.) They are usually better at
evaluating other kids from outside our class though, so I think it's a peer
pressure/friendship/don't want to hurt somebody's feelings kind of thing.
I know this isn't a standardized assessment, but I think it works better
for improving student work. If you'd like, I can send you a .pdf file of
one HyperStudio project rubric we did toward the end of this year. Hope
this helps.
Mitch
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"Saying Windows 95 is equal to Macintosh is like finding a potato that
looks like Jesus and believing you've witnessed the second coming."
Mitch Hall
Restructuring Network Fellow,Technology Coordinator
Emigrant Trail School, Pollock Pines CA
smhall@spider.lloyd.com