Teaching Tips: Writing Assessment Tools
These sites include rubrics, scoring guides, and checklists for assessing student writing. Ideas for peer editing and student self-evaluation are included. Several of these assessment tools can be used as they are while others can be constructed online.
Grades
- 3,
- 4,
- 5,
- 6,
- 7,
- 8
Links
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Self Evaluation Rubric
Students can use this rubric to focus on different aspects of their writing. NOTE: This site contains ads.
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TeAch-nology Writing Rubric Generator
Simply add the name of the school, assignment, and teacher to generate a ready-to-use rubric for grading writing assignments. NOTE: This site contains ads.
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TeAch-nology Paragraph Writing Rubric Generator
Add the name of the school, assignment, and teacher for a ready-to-use rubric for grading paragraph writing. NOTE: This site contains ads.
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Sample Assessment Tools
Sample assessment tools include holistic rubrics/scales, checklists, and anecdotal notes.
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Writing Rubrics
Choose from a comprehensive list of writing rubrics to use in your classroom. NOTE: This site includes ads.
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K-3 Writing Assessment Tools
Use these basic tools to assess emergent writers. Includes alphabet recognition, spelling tests, peer review and self-assessment. NOTE: This site includes ads.
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Expository Writing: Rubrics & Self-Assessment Tools
These materials include a variety of rubrics and self-assessment tools used to teach expository writing.
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Peer Edit Response Form
Students complete this editing form on a peer's writing.
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Peer Editing Questions
This is a series of questions that students can answer about each other's writing during peer editing.
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Everybody's a Critic
This site gives examples of good and bad peer reviews, then offers you the chance to do your own.