Assessment

Evaluate student observation journals using the following rubric.

Note: The chart that follows identifies four levels of achievement. Levels 1 and 2 describe performance that is approaching the standard for the grade; level 3 describes the standard for the grade; and level 4 describes performance that is above the standard.

The Student Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Level 4
demonstrates techniques for record keeping with limited effectiveness, producing a journal with few of the required elements (dates, titles, diagrams, images, point form observations, comments, questions) with some effectiveness, producing a journal with some of the required elements (dates, titles, diagrams, images, point form observations, comments, questions) with considerable effectiveness, producing a journal with most of the required elements (dates, titles, diagrams, images, point form observations, comments, questions) with a high degree of effectiveness, producing a journal with all of the required elements (dates, titles, diagrams, images, point form observations, comments, questions)
communicates expressing and
organizing ideas and
information with
limited effectiveness		 expressing and
organizing ideas and
information with
some effectiveness		 expressing and
organizing ideas and
information with
considerable effectiveness		 expressing and
organizing ideas and
information with
a high degree of effectiveness