Scoring Rubric for Students

Sample Scoring Rubrics to Evaluate Elementary Students

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Janelle Cox
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  • M.S., Education, Buffalo State College
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Updated on February 03, 2019

A scoring rubric evaluates the performance of an assignment. It's an organized way for teachers to assess their students' work and learn what areas the student needs to develop in.

How to Use a Scoring Rubric

To get started you must:

  1. First, determine if you are scoring the assignment based on the overall quality and understanding of a concept. If you are, then this is a quick and easy way to score an assignment, because you are looking for an overall understanding rather than specific criteria. Next, read the assignment carefully. Be sure not to look at the rubric just yet because right now you are just focusing on the main concept. Re-read the assignment while focusing on the overall quality and understanding the student portrays. Lastly, use the rubric to determine the final score of the assignment.

Learn how to score a rubric and view samples of expository and narrative writing rubrics. Plus: learn how to create a rubric from scratch by using this step-by-step guide to create a rubric.

Sample Scoring Rubrics

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The following basic elementary scoring rubrics provide guidelines to evaluate assignments using the following criteria:

4 - Meaning the students' work is Exemplary (Strong). He/she goes beyond what is expected of them to complete the assignment.

3 - Meaning the students' work is good (Acceptable). He/she does what is expected of them to complete the assignment.

2 - Meaning the students' work is satisfactory (Almost there but acceptable). He/she may or may not complete the assignment with limited understanding.

1 - Meaning the students' work is not where it should be (weak). He/she does not complete the assignment and/or has no understanding of what to do.

Use the scoring rubrics below as a way to assess your students' skills.

Scoring Rubric 1

4 Exemplary Student has a complete comprehension of the material Student participated and completed all activities Student completed all assignments in a timely manner and showed perfect performance
3 Good Quality Student has a proficient comprehension of the material Student actively participated in all activities Student completed assignments in a timely manner
2 Satisfactory Student has an average comprehension of the material Student mostly participated in all activities Student completed assignments with help
1 Not There Yet Student does not comprehend the material Students did not participate in activities Students did not complete assignments

Scoring Rubric 2

4 The assignment is completed correctly and contains additional and outstanding features
3 The assignment is completed correctly with zero mistakes
2 The assignment is partially correct with no major mistakes
1 The assignment is not completed correctly and contains a lot of mistakes

Scoring Rubric 3

Points Description
4 Students understanding of concept if clearly evident Student uses effective strategies to get accurate results Student uses logical thinking to arrive at the conclusion
3 Students understanding of the concept is evident Student uses appropriate strategies to arrive at a result Student shows thinking skills to arrive at the conclusion
2 Student has limited understanding of a concept Student uses strategies that are ineffective Student attempts to show thinking skills
1 Student has a complete lack of understanding of the concept Student makes no attempt to use a strategy Student shows no understanding
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