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Proficiency-Based Rubrics for Standards-Based Grading

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"Proficiency-based rubrics are rubrics aligned with standards based grading scales from the start, so that progress is described in terms of achievement of that standard. Proficiency-based rubrics use the same scale—the same levels of achievement—for each assessment, including both tests and performance assessments. Therefore, proficiency-based rubrics document student performance in terms of proficiency level on a standard.

Although this might sound like simply using special rubrics—and in practice that's what happens—consistent use of proficiency-based rubrics for all assessments changes the point of reference for interpreting student performance. It's actually more of a shift than it looks like."

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Brookhart, Susan M. “How to Create and Use Rubrics for Formative Assessment and Grading.” Chapter 6. Proficiency-Based Rubrics for Standards-Based Grading, ASCD, www.ascd.org/publications/books/112001/chapters/Proficiency-Based_Rubrics_for_Standards-Based_Grading.aspx.