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Contributed by: Kentucky Department of Education (KDE)
KIRIS Performance Event, Grade 8
1993-1994
Task: S/SS1 — Ricer Planning
There are three scoring guides for this task, for questions 3,
4, and 5 on the student response form.
Question 3 — Score for science only.
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SCORE
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DESCRIPTION
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4
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Student’s placement of dam and choice
of it’s height are reasonable. Student uses valid, detailed
rationale that addresses either positive or negative consequences
of placement.
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3
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Student’s placement of dam and choice
of it’s height are reasonable. Student uses valid but
less detailed rationale that addresses either positive or
negative consequences of placement.
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2
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Student’s placement of dam and choice
of it’s height are reasonable. Student uses valid rationale
that addresses only positive or negative consequences of placement.
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1
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Student’s placement of dam or choice
of it’s height is not reasonable due to contradiction
or simplistic reason (e.g. it worked when we tried it.)
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0
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Response is totally incorrect or irrelevant.
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Blank
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No response.
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Question 4- Score for social studies only.
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SCORE
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DESCRIPTION
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4
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Student explains how the location of the
dam impacts the surrounding community, giving detailed examples
of social, environmental, and economic impacts.
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3
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Student explains how the location of the
dam impacts the surrounding community, giving less detailed
examples of social, environmental and economic impacts.
OR
Student explains how the location of the
dam impacts the surrounding community, giving detailed examples
for two of the three categories.
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2
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Student explains how the location of the
dam impacts the surrounding community, giving an example of
a social, environmental, or economic impact.
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1
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Student explains how the location of the
dam impacts the surrounding community. Impacts are not related
to social, environmental, or economic issues.
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0
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Response is totally incorrect or irrelevant.
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Blank
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No response.
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Question 5 — Score for science only
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SCORE
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DESCRIPTION
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4
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Student’s response indicates clear,
comprehensive understanding of the difficulties encountered
in placing a dam.
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3
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Student’s response represents an understanding
of the immediate difficulties encountered in placing a dam.
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2
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Student’s response represents a limited
understanding of the effects of placement of a dam and the
resulting difficulties.
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1
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Student does not see any concerns and likely
views all options as acceptable.
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0
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Response is totally incorrect or irrelevant.
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Blank
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No response.
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Kentucky
General Scoring Rubric
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SCORE
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DESCRIPTION
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4
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- The student completes all important components of the
task and communicates ideas clearly.
- The student demonstrates in-depth understanding of the
relevant concepts and/or processes.
- Where appropriate, the student chooses more efficient
and/or sophisticated processes.
- Where appropriate, the student offers insightful interpretations
or extensions (generalizations, applications, analogies).
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3
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- The student completes most important components of the
task and communicates clearly.
- The student demonstrates understanding of major concepts
even though he/she overlooks or misunderstands some less
important ideas or details.
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2
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- The student completes some important components of the
task and communicates clearly.
- The student demonstrates that there are gaps in his/her
conceptual understanding.
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1
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- The student shows minimal understanding.
- The student addresses only a small portion of the required
task(s).
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0
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Response is totally incorrect or irrelevant.
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Blank
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No response.
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