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Where the Rubber Meets the Road
Rubric

Contributed by: Kentucky Department of Education (KDE)

Locate the task's first prompt, the related Scoring Guide, and the sample of student responses for all score points. The Scoring guides, based on a 5,4, or 3-point scale, provide descriptions of student work at each score point for each item. To summarize very briefly, the rubric shell states that a response accurately meeting all important requirements of a prompt earns a 4 (top score), a response meeting most requirements earns a 3, a 2 is earned if some of the requirements are met, a 1 applies to a minimal response to the prompt, and a response that is totally incorrect earns a 0.

Score points in which major response patterns were evident have descriptions separated by "OR." Keep in mind that scores are set by state assessment standards and may not necessarily represent classroom standards.


Kentucky
General Scoring Rubric


CATEGORY 4
  • 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).
CATEGORY 3
  • 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.

CATEGORY 2
  • The student completes some important components of the task and communicates those clearly.

  • The student demonstrates that there are gaps in his/her conceptual understanding.

CATEGORY 1
  • The student shows minimal understanding.

  • The student addresses only a small portion of the required task(s).

CATEGORY 0
  • Response is totally incorrect or irrelevant.

BLANK
  • No response.



SCORING GUIDES

KIRIS Performance Event, Grade 8
1994-95
Task: S2 ö Where the Rubber Meets the Road


There are five scoring guides for this task, for questions 4 through 8 on the Student Response Form.

Individual Activity

Question 4 (This portion was scored only for points 2, 1, and 0.)
   SCORE       DESCRIPTION   
2 Student produces an accurate conclusion based upon the data collected and observations made.
1 Student produces a conclusion based on observations other than data.
OR
Student produces a conclusion based on data only.
0 Response is totally incorrect or irrelevant.
Blank No response.


Question 5 (This portion was scored only for points 3, 2, 1, and 0.)
   SCORE       DESCRIPTION   
3 Student produces a graph that accurately and clearly represents the data and includes all necessary components of a graph, e.g., labeled axes, appropriate increments.
2 Student produces a graph that reasonably represents the data but is missing one component of a well-produced graph.
1 Student produces a graph that is inaccurate or vague.
0 Response is totally incorrect or irrelevant.
Blank No response.


Question 6 (This portion was scored only for points 2, 1, and 0.)
   SCORE       DESCRIPTION   
2 Student makes a recommendation that is justified and based upon the data.
1 Student makes a recommendation contrary to the data or not justified by the data.
0 Response is totally incorrect or irrelevant.
Blank No response.


Question 7
   SCORE       DESCRIPTION   
4 Student identifies a variable and provides a level of detail explaining how to go about testing for this variable. Explanation goes beyond repeating the procedure.
3 Student identifies a variable to measure and recommends the previous experiment to test for the effect of this variable.
2 Student identifies a variable to measure and provides a vague explanation of how to test for this variable.
1 Student identifies a variable without describing how to test its effect.
0 Response is totally incorrect or irrelevant.
Blank No response.


Question 8
   SCORE       DESCRIPTION   
3 Student identifies both advantages and limitations with relevant support.
2 Student identifies either advantages or limitations with relevant support.
1 Student identifies advantages and/or limitations without support.
0 Response is totally incorrect or irrelevant.
Blank No response.

Advantages:
simulates road surface
simulates tire materials
saves money		                                         Limitations:
not round
not grooved
mass not equal to effect of people on bus


                                       

Kentucky Department of Education                                         Performance Events 1994-95


 

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