When students receive rubrics before completing the assignment, they understand how they will be evaluated and can prepare accordingly. Developing a rubric and making it available as a tool for students' use will provide the scaffolding necessary to improve the quality of their work and increase their knowledge.

The standards for excellence in a writing rubric remain constant throughout the school year; what does change is students' competence and your teaching strategy. Because the essentials remain constant, it is not necessary to create a completely new rubric for every writing activity.

Comment on Andrea Santos's post: I agree that the worksheets were very helpful in directing lesson plans. These will come in handy this semester.

I was reminded of the importance and effectiveness of pre-assessments.  Identifying where a student is academically helps predict the level of support they may need and allows the instruction to tailor instruction more effectively.  Another topic I found particularly interesting was the consideration of online testing as open-book assignments, which I support.  When combined with scenario-based questions, this approach can discourage cheating while still promoting critical thinking and application of knowledge

I have learned how to review assessments effectively and without bias. I found the information useful on how to keep students engaged when using online learning techniques. I like the idea of incorporating different methods of learning for the students as well. I intend to incorporate these things by expanding on more case studies and real-world scenarios when possible.

Value-added assessment involves using student data to document students' growth in learning by comparing students' current level of understanding with their past learning. The act of comparing students' scores with their past scores distinguishes value-added assessment from other assessments.

An objective assessment to test where they are clearly wrong and right answers. Subjective assessment is like writing an essay.

I like the analogy that the writer used, formative assessment is like building a house, and summative is when the house is complete. 

Learn and understand the technology tools before presenting them to my students and getting feedback.

I love these worksheets and will use them as a tool to keep notes on strategies to identify plagiarism. The sample lesson plan helps to emphasize the various methods for evaluation

Rubrics are a great tool but need to evaluated periodically. They aren't perfect when created, so need to be revised and evaluated to make sure they meet objectives, asses performance, production, and whatever else. Rubrics are a work in progress and can be improved.