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Standard 8

**Standard 8** **Teachers know how to test for student progress.** The teacher understands and uses formal and informal assessment strategies to evaluate and ensure the continuous intellectual, social, and physical development of the pupil. Rationale 1: I created a rubric to assess my kids on their final PBL project for our Animal Zoo Research/Presentation Project. The kids worked in cooperative groups to research, study, learn, and develop a paper and presentation about a zoo animal that will be featured in our new Wrightstown Zoo. They were asked to work as a team and fulfill all requirements of the project. When this project was concluded students were asked to present to Kindergarteners and our principal. The rubric I created helped me grade each groups paper and presentation. By using rubrics your students will know the expectations and what they are required to do to be successful. Rubrics will only help a students success and confidence on a project. The rubric that I developed for my PBL communicated the expectations I had for this project and gave students an outline of what they needed to accomplish to be successful. Rubrics are a great way to assess students and easy way to show students what strengths and weaknesses they have when a project is completed. It helps give them an idea of what they still need to build on to help them become a better student. Rubrics are also very good for students to self assess themselves and their group to help them understand what could be improved. This rubric assesses the students project and provides them with information about what they really did well with and what they need to keep working and improving on.
 * Evidence 1: PBL Report and Presentation Rubric[[file:Rubric.docx]]**
 * KSD**
 * 8.K.2 The teacher knows how to select, construct, and use assessment strategies and instruments appropriate to the learning outcomes being evaluated and to other diagnostic purposes.**
 * 8.S.3 The teacher uses assessment strategies to involve learners in self-assessment activities, to help them become aware of their strengths and needs, and to help them to set personal goals for learning.**
 * 8.D.2 The teacher is committed to using assessment to identify student strengths and promote student growth rather than to deny students access to learning opportunities.**