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Classifying Candy 2
Rubric

4th Grade Performance Task
Contributed by: New York State Education Department (NYSED)
NYS Alternative Assessment in Science Project (1996)

Classifying Candy 2 - Scoring Rubric

Maximum Score - 6 points

1 & 2 Groups 1 and 2
2 points total

 

Standard: The student will classify objects into two (2) groups, 1 and 2.

Criteria:

  • 1 point if the student identifies a property that is common to all of the candy in Group 1.
  • 1 point if the student identifies a property that is common to all of the candy in Group 2.

    The student identifies a property of the candy in Group 2 that is different from the candy in Group 1.
    It does not have to be the opposite property identified for Group 1 as long as all of the candy are used and they are all sorted into two distinct groups.
    It is acceptable to have Group 1 be one property and Group 2 be not that property. For example: red and not red or square and not square.
    If in doubt the rater may attempt to sort all of the candy into the two (2) groups identified by the student.

Examples of acceptable properties:

  • hard
  • same color
  • flat
  • soft
  • same wrapper
  • square
  • big
  • striped
  • small
  • round

3 & 4 Groups A and B
2 points total

Standard: The student will classify the objects in Group 1 into two (2) groups, A and B.

Criteria:

  • 1 point if the student identifies a property which all the candy in Group A have in common.
    The student selects a property that is different from those selected in Groups 1 and 2 that all the candy in Group A have in common.
  • 1 point if the student identifies a property which all the candy in Group B have in common.
    The student identifies a property of the candy in the Group B that is different from the candy in Group A.
    It does not have to be the opposite of the property identified for Group A as long as all the remaining candy are used and they are all sorted into two (2) distinct groups
    It is acceptable to have Group A be one property and the Group B be not that property. For example: red and not red or square and not square.
    If in doubt the rater may attempt to sort all of the candy into the two (2) groups identified by the student.

    Examples of acceptable properties:

  • see acceptable responses from question #1 & 2.

5 & 6 Groups C and D
2 points total

Standard: The student will classify the objects in Group 2 into two (2) groups C and D.

Criteria:

  • 1 point if the student identifies a property which all the candy in Groups C have in common.
    The student selects a property that is different from those selected in Groups 1 and 2 that all the candy in the new Group C have in common.
  • 1 point if the student identifies a property which all the candy in Group D have in common.
    The student identifies a property of the candy in the new Group D that is different from the candy in the new Group C.
    It does not have to be the opposite of the property identified for all new Group C as long as all the remaining candy are used and they are all sorted into two (2) distinct groups.
    It is acceptable to have Group C be one property and the Group D be not that property. For example: red and not red or square and not square.
    If in doubt the rater may attempt to sort all of the candy into the two (2) groups identified by the student.

    Examples of acceptable properties:

  • see acceptable responses from question #1 & 2.

Highest possible score - 6 points

 

Scoring Form - "Classifying Candy 2"

Student ID ______________

Male / Female (circle one)

Circle the student's score for each question. Add the points for each question and write the total score at the bottom of the scoring form.

1. & 2. Group 1 and Group 2 properties
0
1
2
3. & 4. Group A and Group B properties
0
1
2
5. & 6. Group C and Group D properties
0
1
2

TOTAL SCORE ______________

Total possible score - 6 points

 


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