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Contributed by: Oregon State Department of Education

Oregon State Generic Performance Task Rubric for 5th Grade


 FIELD TEST DRAFT: Grade 5 Application
Framing the Investigation. (F)
Use observations/concepts to formulate and express scientific questions/ hypotheses to frame investigations.		 FIELD TEST DRAFT: Grade 5 Application
Designing the Investigation. (D)
Design scientific investigations to provide data which address/explain questions/ hypotheses.
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  1. Explains the origin of the question and/or hypothesis based on background which is relevant to the investigation.
  2. Expresses a clear question and/or hypothesis with advanced support for thinking.
  3. Formulates or reframes a question and/or hypothesis which can be answered or tested using data and provides focus for a scientific investigation.
  1. Records logical procedures with an obvious connection to the student's scientific knowledge. (Teacher guidance in safety and ethics is acceptable.)
  2. Communicates an organized design and detailed procedures.
  3. Presents a practical design appropriate for answering the question or testing the hypothesis with evidence of recognition of some important variables.
6
5
  1. Links background to the question and/or hypothesis.
  2. Expresses a clear question and/or hypothesis with detailed support for thinking.
  3. Formulates or reframes a question and/or hypothesis which can be answered or tested using data gathered in a scientific investigation.
  1. Records logical procedures which imply a connection to student's scientific knowledge. (Teacher guidance in safety and ethics is acceptable.)
  2. Communicates a general plan including some detailed procedures.
  3. Presents a practical design for an investigation which addresses the question or hypothesis and attempts to provide a fair test.
5
4
  1. Provides some support or background (prior knowledge, preliminary observations, or personal interest and experience) which is relevant to the investigation.
  2. Expresses a question and/or hypothesis with some support for thinking.
  3. Formulates or reframes a question and/or hypothesis which can be explored using data in a simple scientific investigation.
  1. Records logical procedures with only minor flaws. (Teacher guidance in safety and ethics is acceptable.)
  2. Communicates a summary of a plan and some procedures, but generally lacks detail.
  3. Presents a practical plan for an investigation which substantially addresses the question or hypothesis.
4
3
  1. Provides background which is either irrelevant or missing.
  2. Expresses a question and/or hypothesis which is not supported.
  3. Formulates or reframes a question and/or hypothesis which provides limited opportunity for data collection.
  1. Records generally logical procedures having flaws. (Teacher guidance in safety and ethics is acceptable.)
  2. Communicates an incomplete summary of a plan, with few procedures.
  3. Presents a practical plan related to the topic which minimally addresses the question or hypothesis.
3
2
  1. Not Applicable.
  2. Expresses a question and/or hypothesis which is not understandable.
  3. Formulates or reframes a question and/or hypothesis which cannot be explored through a simple scientific investigation.
  1. Records procedures which are significantly flawed. (Teacher guidance in safety and ethics, if offered, may not have been incorporated.)
  2. Communicates an incomplete summary of a plan which is difficult to follow.
  3. Presents a plan somewhat related to the topic which may not address the question or hypothesis.
2
1
  1. Not Applicable.
  2. Does not express the purpose of the investigation as either a question or a hypothesis.
  3. Not Applicable (see q)
  1. Records procedures which are wholly inappropriate.
  2. Communicates a plan or procedures which cannot be followed.
  3. Presents a plan which is impractical or unrelated to the topic.
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FIELD TEST DRAFT: Grade 5 Application
Collecting and Presenting Data. (C)
Conduct procedures to collect, organize, and display data.		 FIELD TEST DRAFT: Grade 5 Application
Analyzing and Interpreting Results. (A)
Analyze results to develop conclusions.
6
  1. Records accurate data and/or observations consistent with complex procedures.
  2. Designs a data table (or other format) for observations and/or measurements which is efficient, organized and uses appropriate units.
  3. Transforms data into a student-selected format(s) which is most appropriate to clarify results.
  1. Reports results and identifies simple relationships (e.g., connecting one variable to another).
  2. Explicitly uses results to address the question or hypothesis and illustrate simple relationships.
  3. Not Applicable
6
5
  1. Records accurate data and/or observations completely consistent with the planned procedure.
  2. Designs a data table (or other format) for observations and/or measurements which is organized and uses appropriate units.
  3. Transforms data into a student-selected format(s) which is complete and useful.
  1. Reports results accurately and identifies obvious patterns (e.g., noting a pattern of change for one variable).
  2. Explicitly uses results to address the question or hypothesis.
  3. Not Applicable
5
4
  1. Records reasonable and sufficient data and/or observations generally consistent with the planned procedure.
  2. Designs a data table (or other format) useful for recording measurements or observations.
  3. Transforms data (e.g., graphs, averages, percentages, diagrams, tables) with teacher support and with minimal errors.
  1. Summarizes results accurately.
  2. Responds to the question or hypothesis with some support from results.
  3. Not Applicable
4
3
  1. Records reasonable data and/or observations consistent with the planned procedure, with some obvious errors
  2. Designs a data table (or other format) which is inadequate for recording measurements of observations.
  3. Does not transforms data into a teacher-recommended format.
  1. Summarizes results incompletely or in a misleading way.
  2. Responds to the question or hypothesis without support from the results.
  3. Not Applicable
3
2
  1. Records insufficient data and/or observations inconsistent with the planned procedure.
  2. Uses a teacher supplied data table with minimal errors.
  3. Not Applicable.
  1. Summarizes results inaccurately.
  2. Provides a response(s) to the question or hypothesis which is unrelated to the investigation.
  3. Not Applicable
2
1
  1. Records data and/or observations unrelated to the planned procedure.
  2. Does not correctly use a teacher supplied data table.
  3. Not Applicable.
  1. Omits results in summary.
  2. Does not respond to the question or hypothesis.
  3. Not Applicable
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