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    Student &

    Teacher Evaluation

    Level Descriptor

    Task Details

    Standard(s) being assessed:

    0

    0

    The student does not reach a standard described by any of the descriptors below or there is no evidence of learning.

    Descriptor menu: work is missing

    1

    1
    • Does not meet grade level expectations even with significant support.
    • Learning is basic, limited, and contains many significant gaps or misunderstandings.
    • Opinions or judgments are rarely justified and lack detail.
    • Infrequently demonstrates critical or creative thinking.
    • Rarely applies knowledge and skills without significant support.
    • Unable to transfer basic knowledge to unfamiliar situations.
    • Restates knowledge without interpretation, explanation, elaboration, or application.

    Bloom’s Level: recall, state, tell, list, match, label, choose, define, select, name

    Descriptor menu: limited, rarely, little, no, basic, missing, without, lacking, below, inaccurate, inappropriate, insufficient,

     

    2

    2
    • Meets grade level expectations with limited support.
    • Produces work of an acceptable quality.
    • Communicates developing understanding of many concepts and contexts, with occasionally significant misunderstandings or gaps.
    • Begins to demonstrate some basic critical and creative thinking.
    • Is often inflexible in the use of knowledge and skills, requiring some support even in familiar classroom situations.

    Bloom’s Level: outline, describe, summarize, extend, rephrase, use, show

    Descriptor menu: adequate, acceptable, partial, appropriate, somewhat, satisfactory,

     

    3

    3
    • Consistently and independently meets grade level expectations.
    • Produces generally good-to-high-quality work.
    • Communicates solid understanding of concepts and contexts.
    • Demonstrates critical and creative thinking, sometimes with sophistication.
    • Uses knowledge and skills in familiar classroom and real-world situations.
    • May use knowledge and skills in some unfamiliar real-world situations, with or without support.
    • Suggests solutions to problems set in unfamiliar situations / contexts
    • Sufficiently justifies opinions and ideas with examples and explanations.

    Bloom’s Level: analyze, classify, model, formulate, explain, solve, interpret, discuss, build, compare, infer

    Descriptor menu: competently, sufficiently, substantially, coherently, logically, considerable, thoughtfully, accurately, relevant, organized,

     

    4

    4
    • Exceeds grade level expectations in a creative and innovative manner.
    • Produces high-quality or innovative work.
    • Communicates extensive or nuanced understanding of concepts and contexts (multiple perspectives).
    • Demonstrates critical and creative thinking, frequently with sophistication.
    • Uses knowledge and skills in familiar and unfamiliar classroom and real-world situations, often with independence.
    • Transfers knowledge and skills with independence and expertise in a variety of complex classroom and real-world situations.
    • Effectively utilizes different modes of communication (written, spoken, graphic).
    • Perceptively compares and contrasts by making extensive connections.

    Bloom’s Level: evaluate, judge, assess, critique, value, prioritize, justify, prove, verify, predict, adapt, combine, compose, design, improve, invent, synthesize

    Descriptor menu: perceptive, detailed, sophisticated, sustained, coherent, logical, excellent, high degree, extensive, precise, thorough, focused, completely, consistently, concise,