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Designing Effective Projects: Destination America
Assessing Student Work

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Destination America Teacher Project Rubric

    

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Sets Goals

Sets challenging, achievable goals to exceed project expectations.

Identifies and accesses the resources necessary to achieve goals and exceed project expectations. 

Sets achievable goals to meet project expectations.

Identifies and accesses some resources necessary to achieve goals and meet project expectations.  

Begins the task without clearly defined goals and struggles to meet project expectations.

Does not identify necessary resources and finds it difficult to meet project expectations.

Makes no effort to identify goals.

Makes no effort to identify resources necessary to achieve goals and does not meet project expectations.

Plans Timeline, Monitors and Adjusts as Needed

Creates and sticks to a well-reasoned, detailed timeline.

Consistently reviews progress and learning experiences to resolve problems that may be interfering with achieving goals.

Asks for and takes into account feedback from many sources.

Adjusts strategies to effectively complete goals.

Consistently manages time and resources in an efficient manner to achieve goals.

Creates and sticks to a useful timeline.

Usually reviews progress and learning experiences to resolve problems that may be interfering with achieving goals.

Takes into account feedback from many sources.

Adjusts strategies to complete goals.

Usually manages time and resources in an efficient manner to achieve goals.

Creates an incomplete timeline.

Reviews progress and learning experiences with some assistance to resolve problems that may be interfering with achieving goals.

Takes into account some feedback.

Makes limited attempts to adjust strategies to complete goals.

Manages time and resources with some help to achieve goals. 

Does not create a timeline.

Reviews progress and learning experiences with ongoing assistance to resolve problems that may be interfering with achieving goals.

Does not take into account feedback from others.

Does not adjust strategies to complete goals.

Needs ongoing help in managing time and resources to achieve goals.

Perseveres

Exhibits strong determination to find an answer or solution.

Monitors commitment to the goals and develops and applies a wide variety of techniques to stay on task.

Exhibits determination to find an answer or solution.

Monitors commitment to the goals, and develops and applies some techniques to stay on task.

Makes an effort to find an answer or solution.

Does not monitor commitment to goals and applies techniques to stay on task with help.

Makes little effort to find an answer or solution.

Does not consider techniques to stay on task, and easily gives up on the task.

Assesses Work and Reflects on Learning

Consistently identifies and describes the criteria and performance standards for quality work. Identifies clearly what was learned using examples.

Identifies strengths and weaknesses of the work in clear terms with examples and identifies areas for improvement.

Reflects continuously to help in setting new goals. Effectively incorporates lessons learned from successes and failures.

Usually identifies and describes the criteria and performance standards for quality work. Identifies clearly what was learned.

Identifies the strengths and weaknesses of the work in clear terms with examples and identifies areas for improvement.

Reflects at the end of the work to help in setting new goals. Incorporates lessons learned from successes and failures.

Identifies and describes criteria and performance standards for quality work with some help.

Identifies clearly what was learned but does not identify strengths, weaknesses, or areas for improvement.

Does not use reflections to help in setting new goals. May consider but does not incorporate lessons learned from successes and failures

Cannot identify or describe the criteria and performance standards for quality work.

Reflections do not provide evidence of intended learning.

Reflects on work and sets new goals with help. Does not consider lessons learned from success or failures.



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