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Structures Assignment

Assessment Rubric

Classroom Structures Assignment

"You have to see the whole [chess] board."
Spoken by the President, The West Wing, Feb. 27, 2002

ANALYTICAL
CATEGORIES
NEEDS WORK. RIGHT ON. MERIT ABOVE AND BEYOND COMMENTS





Demographics incomplete,
lacks specificity, deals with generalities
uses data,
reports multiple categories
detailed use of data,
reports multiple categories,
makes connections across categories
.





Academic Structure

differentiated instruction, the whole child, the team, time
generalized,
lacks detail tied to classroom events, incomplete analysis
works with categories,
specific references to classroom practice
utilizes categories, uses specific references,
creates an overall sense of how academics work
.





Status Order status order omitted or incorrectly derived clear statement of process of creation,
reported in chart,
includes queries
clear process,
chart presentation,
includes queries, statement of  limitations,
additional detail
.





Vignettes of Children To Be Followed Over Time children identified, lacks rationale, impact of structures unclear or not present rationale for "why this child" provided,
social and academic behavior is clear and specific,
deals with each child
rationale provided,
impact clear, 
status and academic behavior connected
.





Strategic Instructional Moves generalized, unclear connection to individual children strategies are clear,
strategies applied to group as a whole


strategies are clear,
strategies tied to individual children,
strategies connected to status issues
.





Overall:
 
 
 

 


 
Demonstrates clearly the ability to:
 
Understand how the social and academic structures of a classroom intersect at the place of an  individual child's capacity to learn.   yes   no   maybe
 

Effect an individual child's capacity to learn by creating appropriate instruction that addresses the negative academic effect of status order.   yes   no   maybe