ESLRUBRICS

AswelearnedintheworkshopentitledIncorporatingRubricsintoInstructionwhichispartof
theStudentSuccessASSESSMENTcertificate,rubricscanbeusedforformativeassessment.
FormativeAssessmentisatoolweusetogaugestudentperformance.Whilegenerallyspeaking
multiplechoicetestsandotherobjectivemeasuresindicatewhatstudentsknow,formative
assessmentsgenerallyindicatewhatstudentscandoandaregenerallyadministeredoften
duringthesemestertohelpFORMinstruction.Studentscanmeasuretheirownprogresswith
rubrics,peerscanmeasureapeersperformance,andtheteachercanmeasurestudent
performance.Iftherubricisreliable,allshouldgetsimilarresults.
SincetherubricworkshopwaslackingonexamplesespeciallyforESL,Ihaveputtogetherafew
rubricsthatmightbehelpful.Ofcoursethesearesamplesandteachersarefreetocreatetheir
own.YoumightconsiderusingRubistartodoso.Therubricsthatfollowwerefirstcreatedin
Rubistarandthenadaptedforourstudentsandtheirlevels(rubistar.4teachers.org)
Youwillfindlevelappropriaterubricsfor

TeamPresentations
Speaking
StudyHabits

IchosenottodowritingbecausetherearesomanyaspectsofwritingateachlevelandI
suspectedthatyouwouldhavepersonalideasaboutwhatyoumightinclude.Iwouldcaution
thatyoudonottrytobesodetailedinarubricthatyoucantsuccessfullymeasurestudents.
Thesystemwillbogdownifyoudoso.Ifgrammarisimportanttoyouforexample,choseone
ortwogrammarpointsthatdefinethelevel,dontmentioneverygrammarpointtheymust
learninclass.

STEPS
1.
2.
3.
4.

Refinetherubrictoyourpreferences
Goovertherubricwithstudentsandgetfeedback
Upperlevels:adjustrubricbasedonstudentfeedback.
Usetherubricinvariouswaysoftenintheclass.
a. Teachercompletesaboutstudents.
b. Studentscompleteaboutthemselves.
c. Studentscompleteaboutpeers.
5. Adaptinstructiontomeetneedswhereappropriate.
6. Makeyourownrubrictoreflectonyourteachingskills.

OralPresentationRubric:BeginningESL1
(TeamProjectPresentations)
TeacherName:
StudentName:
CATEGORY
Team
Participation

Volume

4
Allmembersof
theteamsay
something
meanngfuland
ontopic.
Allstudents(the
audience)can
hearallthetime.

3
Mostmembers
oftheteamsay
something
meaningfuland
ontopic.
Allstudents(the
audience)can
hear75%ofthe
timeormore.

2
Somemembers
oftheteamsay
something
meaningfuland
ontopic
Allstudents(the
audience)can
hearbetween
65%and75%of

1
Onlyone
memberofthe
teamspeaks.

Students(the
audience)can't
oftenhear
speakers.

Mostmembers Somemembers Onlyone

oftheteam
memberorno
oftheteam
speakclearlyand speakclearlyand membersofthe
teamspeak
areeasyto
areeasyto
clearlyandare
understand.
understand.
easyto
understand.
Usesmostofthe Usesmanyofthe Usessomeofthe Usesafewor
Content
newwordsfrom newwordsfrom newwordsfrom noneofthenew
(Vocabulary& theunit.
theunit.
theunit.
wordsfromthe
Grammar)
unit.

Allmembersof
theteamspeak
clearlyandare
SpeaksClearly easyto
understand.

OralPresentationRubric:BeginningESL2
(TeamProjectPresentations)
TeacherName:
StudentName:
CATEGORY
Team
Participation

Volume

4
Allmembersof
theteamsay
something
meanngfuland
ontopic.
Allstudents(the
audience)can
hearallthetime.

Allmembersof
theteamspeak
clearlyandare
SpeaksClearly easyto
understand.

Usesmostofthe
newwordsfrom
theunitand
Content
(Vocabulary& speaksin
Grammar)
complete
sentencesmost
ofthetime.

3
Mostmembers
oftheteamsay
something
meaningfuland
ontopic.
Allstudents(the
audience)can
hear75%ofthe
timeormore.

2
1
Somemembers Onlyone
oftheteamsay memberofthe
teamspeaks.
something
meaningfuland
ontopic
Allstudents(the Students(the
audience)can audience)can't
hearbetween oftenhear
65%and75%of speakers.
thetimeor
more.
Mostmembers Somemembers Onlyone
oftheteam
memberorno
oftheteam
speakclearlyand speakclearlyand membersofthe
teamspeak
areeasyto
areeasyto
clearlyandare
understand.
understand.
easyto
understand.
Usesmanyofthe Usessomeofthe Usesafewor
newwordsfrom newwordsfrom noneofthenew
wordsfromthe
theunitand
theunitand
speaksin
speaksin
unitandrarely
complete
complete
speaksin
sentencessome sentencessome complete
ofthetime.
ofthetime.
sentences.

OralPresentationRubric:BeginningESL3
(TeamProjectPresentations)
TeacherName:
StudentName:
CATEGORY
Team
Participation

Volume

4
Allmembersof
theteamsay
something
meanngfuland
ontopic.
Allstudents(the
audience)can
hearallthetime.

Allmembersof
theteamspeak
clearlyandare
SpeaksClearly easyto
understand.

Speaksin
complete
sentencesmost
Content
(Vocabulary& ofthetimewith
correct
Grammar)
grammar.

3
Mostmembers
oftheteamsay
something
meaningfuland
ontopic.
Allstudents(the
audience)can
hear75%ofthe
timeormore.

2
1
Somemembers Onlyone
oftheteamsay memberofthe
teamspeaks.
something
meaningfuland
ontopic
Allstudents(the Students(the
audience)can audience)can't
hearbetween oftenhear
65%and75%of speakers.
thetimeor
more.
Mostmembers Somemembers Onlyone
oftheteam
memberorno
oftheteam
speakclearlyand speakclearlyand membersofthe
teamspeak
areeasyto
areeasyto
clearlyandare
understand.
understand.
easyto
understand.
Speaksin
Speaksin
Speaksin
complete
complete
complete
sentencesmost sentencessome sentenceswith
ofthetimewith ofthetimewith correctgrammar
correctgrammar correctgrammar rarely.
someofthe
someofthe
time.
time.

OralPresentationRubric:IntermediateESL1,2
(TeamProjectPresentations)
TeacherName:
StudentName:
CATEGORY
Team
Participation

Time

4
3
2
1
Allmembersof Mostmembers Somemembers Onlyone
oftheteamsay oftheteamsay memberofthe
theteamsay
teamspeaks.
something
something
something
meanngfuland meaningfuland meaningfuland
ontopic
ontopic.
ontopic.
Presentationasa Presentationasa Presentationasa Presentationasa
wholeisof
wholeis
wholeis
wholeisabit
appropriate
longorshortin considerablytoo considerablytoo
longinlengthas shortinlengthas
lengthas
lengthas
indicatedbythe indicatedbythe indicatedbythe indicatedbythe
teacher.
teacher.
teacher.
teacher.

Allstudents(the Allstudents(the Allstudents(the Students(the

audience)can audience)can audience)can audience)can't
hearallthetime. hear75%ofthe hearbetween oftenhear
Volume
65%and75%of speakers.
timeormore.
thetimeor
more.
Theteamasa
Theteamasa
Theteamasa
Theteamasa
wholereads
wholedoesn't wholedoesn't wholemostly
presentationthe
read
reads
read
Presentation
presentationat presentationtoo presentationand entoretimeand
Skills
muchandmakes makeslittleeye makesnoeye
allandmakes
contact.
contact.
adequateeye
eyecontact.
contact.
Sometimesuses Rarelyuses
Oftenuses
Alwaysuses
correctgrammar correctgrammar correctgrammar correctgrammar
and
Content
and
and
and
(Pronunciation& pronunciationis pronunciationis pronunciationis pronunciationis
oftennot
adequatefor
adequatefor
adequatefor
Grammar)
understanding. understanding. understanding. adequatefor
understanding.

OralPresentationRubric:IntermediateESL3
(TeamProjectPresentations)
TeacherName:
StudentName:
CATEGORY
Team
Participation

Time

4
3
2
1
Allmembersof Mostmembers Somemembers Onlyone
oftheteamsay oftheteamsay memberofthe
theteamsay
teamspeaks.
something
something
something
meanngfuland meaningfuland meaningfuland
ontopic
ontopic.
ontopic.
Presentationasa Presentationasa Presentationasa Presentationasa
wholeisof
wholeis
wholeis
wholeisabit
appropriate
longorshortin considerablytoo considerablytoo
longinlengthas shortinlengthas
lengthas
lengthas
indicatedbythe indicatedbythe indicatedbythe indicatedbythe
teacher.
teacher.
teacher.
teacher.

Allstudents(the Allstudents(the Allstudents(the Students(the

audience)can audience)can audience)can audience)can't
hearallthetime. hear75%ofthe hearbetween oftenhear
Volume
65%and75%of speakers.
timeormore.
thetimeor
more.
Theteamasa
Theteamasa
Theteamasa
Theteamasa
wholereads
wholedoesn't wholedoesn't wholemostly
presentationthe
read
reads
read
Presentation
presentationat presentationtoo presentationand entoretimeand
Skills
muchandmakes makeslittleeye makesnoeye
allandmakes
contact.
contact.
adequateeye
eyecontact.
contact.
Sometimesuses Rarelyuses
Oftenuses
Alwaysuses
language
Content
language
language
language
(Pronunciation, appriateforlevel appriateforlevel appriateforlevel appriateforlevel
andisnoteasily
andiseasily
andiseasily
Vocabulary& andiseasily
understood.
understood.
understood.
understood.
Grammar)

SpeakingRubric:BeginningESL1
(InformalObservations)
TeacherName:
StudentName:
CATEGORY

4
3
2
1
Alwaysexpresses Oftenexpresses Sometimes
Rarelyexpresses
ExpressesNeeds needs
needs
expressesneeds needs
adequately.
adequately.
adequately.
adequately.
Rarelycommuinc
Sometimes
Often
Always
commuincates commuincates commuincates atesmessage
withappropriate
messagewith
messagewith
Vocabulary
messagewith
vocabulary.
appropriate
appropriate
appropriate
vocabulary.
vocabulary.
vocabulary.
Isalways
Isoften
Issometimes
Israrely
SpeaksClearly
understood.
understood.
understood.
understood.
rarelyattempts
Alwaysattempts Oftenattempts Sometimes
tospeakEnglish
tospeakEnglish tospeakEnglish attemptsto
duringclassroom
duringclassroom duringclassroom speakEnglish
EnglishOnly
duringclassroom activities.
activities.
activities.
activities.

SpeakingRubric:BeginningESL2,3
(InformalObservations)
TeacherName:
StudentName:
CATEGORY

4
Successfullyasks
Asksand
forinformation
answers
andhelpsother
questionswhen students
thereisaneed. appropriately.

3
Attemptstoask
forinformation
andoftenhelps
otherstudents
appropriately.

2
Sometimesasks
forinformation
andsometimes
helpsother
students

1
Rarely
communicates
withtheteacher
orother
students.

Alwaysattempts Oftenattempts Sometimes

Rarelyattempts
attemptstouse tousenew
tousenew
tousenew
Vocabulary
vocabularywhen vocabularywhen newvocabulary vocabularywhen
appropriate.
when
appropriate.
appropriate.
appropriate.
Alwaysattemps Oftenattempsto Sometimes
Rarelyifever
use3rdperson attempstouse attempstouse
touse3rd
personsingular singular"s"
3rdperson
3rdperson
Grammar
when
"s"when
singular"s"
singular"s"
appropriate.
appropriate.
when
when
appropriate.
appropriate.
Isalways
Isoften
Issometimes
Israrely
SpeaksClearly
understood.
understood.
understood.
understood.
Alwaysattempts Oftenattempts Sometimes
rarelyattempts
tospeakEnglish tospeakEnglish attemptsto
tospeakEnglish
duringclassroom duringclassroom speakEnglish
duringclassroom
EnglishOnly
activities.
activities.
duringclassroom activities.
activities.

SpeakingRubric:Intermediate1,2,3
(InformalObservations)
TeacherName:
StudentName:
CATEGORY

4
Successfully
communicates
ideasand
Communicates
thoughtswith
ideasand
languageand
thoughts
register
appropriatefor
theoccasion.
When
communicating,
usesappropriate
Grammar
tensecorrectly
mostofthetime
SpeaksClearly

EnglishOnly

3
Often
communicates
ideasand
thoughtswith
languageand
register
appropriatefor
theoccasion.
When
communicating,
oftenuses
appropriate
tensecorrectly.

2
Sometimes
communicates
ideasand
thoughtswith
languageand
register
appropriatefor
theoccasion.
When
communicating,
sometimesuses
appropriate
tensecorrectly.

1
Rarelyattempts
tocoomunicate
ideasand
thoughts.

When
communicating,
rarelyuses
appropriate
tensecorrectly.

Isalways
Isoften
Issometimes
Israrely
understood.
understood.
understood.
understood.
Alwaysattempts Oftenattempts Sometimes
rarelyattempts
tospeakEnglish tospeakEnglish attemptsto
tospeakEnglish
duringclassroom duringclassroom speakEnglish
duringclassroom
duringclassroom activities.
activities.
activities.
activities.

StudyHabits:AllLevels
TeacherName:
StudentName:
CATEGORY

4
Mostofthetime
comestoclass
ComestoClass
andcomeson
time.
Alwayspays
attentiontothe
teacherand
PaysAttention
otherstudents
andlistens
carefully.
Participates
whileingroups
his/her
Participates appropriate
shareofthe
time.

3
Mostofthetime
comestoclass
butcomeslate.

2
1
Sometimes
Sometimes
comestoclass comestoclass
andcomeson butcomeslate.
time.
Sometimespays Rarelylistensto
Oftenpays
attentiontothe attentiontothe theteacheroris
disengaged.
teacherand
teacherand
otherstudents otherstudents
andlistens
andlistens
carefully.
carefully.
Participates
Doesn't
Participates
whileingroups whileingroups participatein
morethan
lessthanhis/her groupsorrarely
his/her
speakswhenin
appropriate
groups.
shareofthe
appropriate
time.
shareofthe
time.
Rarelystudies Neverstudies
Oftenstudiesthe Sometimes
thelesson
thelesson
lessonoutsideof studiesthe
Homework
class.
lessonoutsideof outsideofclass. outsideofclass.
class.
Doesn'tmaintain Losespapers,
Maintainsa
Maintainsa
handouts,and
notebook,binder notebook,binder anotebook,
orothersystem orothersystem binder,orother otherclassroom
materials.
withsectionsfor thatisnotwell system.
Organizational
organized.
areassuchas
Skills
vocabulary,
grammar,etc.