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Debbie Rickards and Shirl Hawes

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    PREFACE ix
    CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION TO RUBRICS 1
    Introduction 1
    Red River Elementary School 2
    Red River Elementary's Journey to Authenticity 2
    Traditional versus Authentic Assessment 3
    Rubrics 9
    CHAPTER 2: DEVELOPING AND USING RUBRICS 13
    Developing a Rubric 13
    Various Formats for Rubrics 21
    A Classroom Using Rubrics 22
    Grading Issues 24
    Using Rubrics to Guide Instruction 27
    Collaboration with Other Faculty 27
    CHAPTER 3: INTRODUCING RUBRICS TO STUDENTS 29
    Sharing Rubrics with Students 29
    Anchor Papers 30
    Designing Rubrics with Students 32
    Student Self-Assessment 33
    CHAPTER 4: USING RUBRICS IN READING 37
    Oral Reading Rubrics 37
    Comprehension Rubrics 41
    Rubrics for Assessing Student Engagement in Reading Activities 43
    Summary 45
    CHAPTER 5: USING RUBRICS IN WRITING 47
    Rubrics for Written Content 47
    Rubrics for Written Mechanics 49
    Rubrics for First Grade Writing 52
    Summary 55
    CHAPTER 6: USING RUBRICS IN THE CONTENT AREAS 57
    Rubrics for Math 57
    Rubrics for Social Studies 59
    Rubrics for Science 60
    Summary 64
    CHAPTER 7: ACCOMMODATING STUDENTS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS 65
    Historical Factors Affecting Special Needs Students 66
    Models of Instruction for Special Needs Students 67
    At-Risk Readers 68
    Students with Exceptionalities 73
    Summary 84
    CHAPTER 8: COMMUNICATING WITH PARENTS 85
    Background Information 85
    Parents and Evaluation 87
    Impact of Parental Involvement on Schools 88
    Developing a Parental Involvement Plan 96
    Summary 97
    CHAPTER 9: THE ADMINISTRATOR'S ROLE 99
    The Principal as an Agent of Change 99
    One School's Vision 100
    Lessons from Shreve Island Elementary 107
    Final Thoughts 108
    REFERENCES 109
    INDEX 111



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New 2005! Just Published! Adapt and implement the ideas here to expand your skills for writing instruction for young children.
Learning About Literary Genres:
Reading and Writing with Young Children
Debbie Rickards, literary support specialist, Boone Elementary School, Houston, TX
Shirl Hawes, Reading RecoveryTM and first grade teacher, Drabek Elementary School, Houston, TX

With this book, the authors give you the tools you need to improve writing instruction for young children, while you gain the confidence you need to further develop the writing program in your classroom and school. To this end, they've loaded the book with examples and lessons you can use and adapt to your own teaching situation. The book deals with genre study. It helps you expose students to a variety of genres through reading, and then helps you support them as they write within a chosen genre. You see clearly how to help students write memoirs, biographies and autobiographies, informational text, fantasies, and poetry. You also see how to help students write everyday texts, such as postcards, friendly notes, and book recommendations.

2005 Just Published Paperbound 236pp ISBN: 1-929024-83-5 Order #601 $33.95

Designing Rubrics for K-6 Classroom Assessment

Debbie Rickards and Earl Cheek, Jr.

See how to use rubrics, and how they fit into an effective assessment program in this handy new guide. Using the authors' advice you see how to develop and use rubrics in your own classroom for reading, writing, math, social studies, and science, plus:

  • How to use rubrics effectively with special needs students and how to use them to report student progress to parents and others.
  • What the role of the administrator is in setting the tone for an effective assessment program - emphasizing the principal as an agent for change.
  • The numerous student examples show growth and confidence as learners.

Debbie Rickards teaches in the Alief Independent School District in Houston, Texas.

Earl Cheek, Jr. is a Professor of Education at Louisiana State University and A&M College.

1999 128pp Paperbound ISBN 0-926842-86-2 (K-6) Order #3006 $14.95

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