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One of the most powerful aspects of the College Readiness Assessment rubrics is that they compare the same critical 21st century skills across all grade levels and all core subjects: English Language Arts, Social Sciences, Science, and Mathematics. While the CRA rubrics themselves are subject-specific, each one uses similar academic language to ask students to develop arguments and provide evidence and analysis appropriate to that subject. Teachers can then use the same language to scaffold students' skills at the level they require, and students will experience a level of cohesiveness throughout, which will support their learning.
See below for a comparison of argument performance bands across subjects.
See below for a comparison of argument performance bands across subjects.
Simplified Rubric for Science Argumentation
Many students need help decoding rubrics. One scaffold is to simplify the rubric and ask the students to evaluate the writing of their fellow students. Once students can identify aspects of the rubric in their peers' work, it becomes easier for them to see it in their own. A second step involves peer editing. Using Google comments (online), this allows the student to make direct suggestions on how to to improve specific parts of their peers' writing, in order to meet the specific requirements of the rubric.