Assessment Methods
The following are various assessment methods I have used in my time teaching, particularly in the last few years. Included are several rubrics, as well as other resources to monitor student progress and understanding. Click on the pictures to open the PDF files.
Geography exam to assess AP European History students' knowledge of European physical/political makeup, which is essential to understanding the history we cover in the class.
Free Response Question (FRQ) scoring rubric, aligned with the AP Exam scoring guidelines.
Instructions and rubric for AP European History research paper, completed throughout the entire school year.
This peer evaluation form is used after my Intro to Law class participates in a mock trial. On this form, students grade their group members on the effort and contributions they made to the project.
This is a rubric for a public service announcement created by students using the site animoto.com. Samples of the project can be found on the "Student Samples" page.
This is the rubric for the final project assigned for the school year in my Modern World History course. Instructions on how to create the research paper and PowerPoint presentation are included, as well as the scoring guide.
My world history classes have created podcasts in past years. This podcast was on the living conditions in the trenches during World War I. This rubric outlines all the requirements and the points given for each.
This rubric was used for my senior Government class, as they created a comic to illustrate how the election process in the United States works.