Embracing Subjective Assessment Practices: Recommendations for Art Educators – Leslie Gates
Objectivity is a choice, and subjectivity means that you can evaluate students based on their growth and individuality. Objectivity can negate the teacher’s expertise or result in a problem where the teacher avoids creating meaningful criteria at all.
I like the article’s emphasis on language in terms of performance descriptors. It is possible to create rubrics with qualitative and subjective language that produces quantitative, measurable results for school admin. I have inserted images from the reading because it provides concrete examples for wording teachers can use in their criteria, and also “longitudinal data” to show the student their progression.
Question: Is using words like “weak” on a rubric harmful towards students? Or is it simply just being realistic?