The “Rubric Team”: A Vehicle for Promoting Engagement in Assessment Rossi Hassad, PhD Matthijs Koopmans, EdD Susan Waddington, PhD Mercy College, New York ANNY Conference, 1st May, 2015 OBJECTIVE To present and discuss the “Rubric Team” concept as a “best practice” model for fostering interest and engagement in meaningful and constructive assessment of student learning. CONTEXT & RATIONALE • For assessment of student learning to be meaningful, effective and sustainable, it must have intrinsic value to faculty. • Assessment has its own body of knowledge; terminology, processes, and systems. • It is tenuous to assume that all faculty regardless of discipline and academic preparation will readily understand and embrace assessment. • Instead engagement and sustainability have to be facilitated (and supported) in an evidence-based manner - based on models and theories of change. • The “Rubric” was envisioned as a tool that could be effective and efficient in this regard. THE RUBRIC • A rubric is a tool for assessing student knowledge, dispositions and skills, and providing meaningful feedback – with reference to objective (s). • Typically, a rubric lists key criteria (cognitive, affective, and skills that students are required to demonstrate), with a rating scale, and descriptors for the quality of performance for each criterion. • Rubrics bring clarity, thoughtfulness, and consistency to the grading process and make grading more objective, constructive , and efficient. • Rubrics can be used for a variety of assignments. Criteria Level of Performance (Rating Scale) Beginning Emerging Criterion 1 Criterion 2 Criterion 3 Descriptor Proficient Mastery THE RUBRIC TEAM CONCEPT  A collaboration between faculty and staff experts  Faculty-Led with 12 members  Multidisciplinary (technical and content experts)  A multifaceted approach: Closing the Loop         Needs Assessment Targeted training and support Individual, small-group, mentoring Technology support and hands-on sessions Online resources: rubrics, videos Consultations as needed Team debriefing sessions Assessment of the rubric team work Data Analysis and Interpretation Implementation and Technology Design Measurement Concepts Learning Objective RUBRIC CONSIDERATIONS AND THEORETICAL BASIS Consider barriers/concerns/facilitators to change, adoption of of technology and innovation Heterogeneity of the faculty body Stages of engagement and adoption Perceived Usefulness or Benefits Competence or SelfEfficacy Relatedness or Support Autonomy The MAGIC of the Rubric Facilitates discourse, reflection, metacognition and discovery Promotes engagement, diffusion, and sustainability Enables collaboration RUBRIC Enhances selfEfficacy Fosters collegiality Results in meaningful assessment of student learning NEXT • Matt will address the wider context underpinning assessment and the use of rubrics • Susan will address assessment of the work of the Rubric team w Thanks. Acknowledgements Members of the Assessment Rubric Team Carol Bennett-Speight Ann Gedrich Graham Glynn Rossi A. Hassad Nancy Heilbronner Matthijs Koopmans Kathleen Landy Matt Lewis Howard Miller Associate Professor and Director of Social Work, Assessment Coordinator, School of Social and Behavior Sciences Instructional Designer Vice Provost & Executive Dean for CollegeWide Programs Professor, School of Social & Behavioral Sciences, Chair of CASL – Committee on Assessment of Student Learning Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, School of Education Associate Professor & Assessment Coordinator, School of Education Associate Director / Director for High-Impact Teaching and Learning, Office for Teaching Excellence and Engaged Learning Instructional Designer, Office for Teaching Excellence and Engaged Learning Professor of Education and Chair, Department of Secondary Education, School of Education Elena Nitecki Associate Professor, Childhood Education, School of Education Tori Mondelli Executive Director, Office for Teaching Excellence and Engaged Learned (OTEEL) Assessment Analyst Susan Waddington Team Co-Chair Team Co-Chair