Rubric Conversion? Pros and Cons and Converters

Of course assessment can't be too easy! For those of you trying to convert, read this article. If you want to continue, check out Manitoba Education's step by step way of converting. A quick visual example of right and wrong ways to convert can be found here.

Fairfax County Public Schools has created rubrics for their second language students. Note the conversion charts and scoring sheets to help convert scores from a point-based analytical rubric to a grade. In addition, there is a conversion of percentage scores to gradebook points chart available. Regina Public Schools also has a webpage full of rubrics for various curricula. What's really nice is most of them are downloadable in Microsoft Word. Happy assessing!

Free Software for Creating Rubrics