Assessment

Example: Oral Presentation Holistic Rubric

Types of students responses What this response
represents about the
student’s knowledge or
skill

Level 5 The student uses strong delivery to respond to the Exceeds Target: Student has the
question and include strong information to support the knowledge or skill represented at
conclusions. There is eye contact and strong the learning progression level that
evidence of preparation, organization, and this item aligns with as well as
enthusiasm for the topic. knowledge and skills that
exceed learning progression
level.

Level 4 The student uses generally correct delivery to On Target: Student has the
respond to the question and include an adequate knowledge or skill represented at
amount of support for the conclusions. There is some the learning progression level that
eye contact as well as evidence of preparation, this item aligns with.
organization and enthusiasm for the topic.

Level 3 The student uses generally correct delivery to Below Target: Student has slight
respond to the question, but does not include much misunderstanding/incomplete
supporting information. The student does not make knowledge
eye contact and it appear that preparation and
organization are irregular.
Level 2 The student’s delivery is understandable and he/she Substantially Below Target:
states the question but fails to provide support. There Student substantial
are errors in delivery and it does not appear that there misunderstanding/ large gaps in
was much preparation or organization. knowledge

Level 1 The student’s delivery is difficult to follow and he/she Irrelevant/Off topic answer
does not state the question nor does the student
provide much support. It appears the student did not
prepare or plan the organization.
Level 0 No oral presentation is attempted.

Adapted from Assess Students. The University of Texas at Austin, 21 Sept. 2011. Web. 3 Mar. 2015..

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 Example: Oral Presentation Analytic Rubric
Criteria 1: Criteria 2: Criteria 3:

Reasoning/ Delivery Preparation/

Connection to Topic Organization

Level 5 The student clearly describes the The delivery is There is strong evidence
question studied and provides engaging and of preparation,
strong reasons for its importance. sentence structure is organization, and
Specific information is given to consistently correct. enthusiasm for the topic.
support the conclusions that are Eye contact is made
drawn and described. and sustained
throughout the
presentation.

Level 4 The student describes the question The delivery and There is evidence of
studied and provides reasons for its sentence structure is preparation, organization
importance. An adequate amount generally correct and and enthusiasm for the
of information is given to support there is intermittent topic.
the conclusions that are drawn and eye contact.
described.

Level 3 The student describes the question The delivery and There is some indication
studied and conclusions are stated, sentence structure of preparation and
but supporting information is not are generally correct organization.
very strong. but eye contact not
occur.

Level 2 The student states the question The delivery and Evidence of preparation
studied but fails to describe it fully. sentence structure and organization is
No conclusions are given to answer are understandable, lacking.
the question. but with some errors.

Level 1 The student makes a presentation The delivery is There is no indication of

without stating the question or its difficult to follow. preparation or
importance. The topic is unclear organization.
and no adequate conclusions are
stated.

Level 0 No oral presentation is attempted. No oral presentation No oral presentation is

is attempted. attempted.

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