General Resource Review Rubric

Exemplary

Proficient

Partially Proficient

Minimally Proficient

Not Proficient

Instructional Design and Layout

Exemplary

  • Thoroughly explains and/or explicitly incorporates best teaching practices and methodologies (1) throughout the learning process
  • Design is comprehensive (2) and sequentially formatted as a fully functional teaching and/or learning tool
  • Thoroughly outlines an innovative, practical approach to learning a specific skill or concept

Proficient

  • Clearly and/or consistently incorporates best teaching practices (1) throughout the learning process
  • Design is complete and clearly formatted as a functional teaching and/or learning tool
  • Clearly outlines an innovative or practical approach to learning a specific skill or concept

Partially Proficient

  • Incorporates best teaching practices (1) at some points throughout the learning process
  • Design is mostly complete and partially formatted as a functional teaching and/or learning tool
  • Includes a somewhat innovative or practical approach to learning a specific skill or concept

Minimally Proficient

  • Incorporates best teaching practices (1) at few points throughout the learning process
  • Design is minimally complete and minimally formatted as a functional teaching tool
  • Includes a minimally innovative or practical approach to learning a specific skill or concept

Not Proficient

  • Does not incorporate best teaching practices (1)
  • Design is incomplete and formatting does not work as a functional teaching tool
  • Includes neither an innovative nor practical approach to learning a specific skill or concept

Content & Learning Objective

Exemplary

  • Thoroughly and clearly stated or implied objective or purpose
  • Thoroughly supports students in developing and/or achieving specific, targeted, and/or measurable skills or learning objectives
  • Thoroughly explains and includes all details necessary for students to achieve and extend beyond learning objectives

Proficient

  • Clearly stated or implied objective or purpose
  • Sufficiently supports students in developing and/or achieving specific, targeted, and/or measurable skills or learning objectives
  • Clearly includes all components (2) necessary for students to achieve learning objectives

Partially Proficient

  • Somewhat clear objective or purpose
  • Partially supports students in developing somewhat specific, targeted, and/or measurable skills or learning objectives
  • Includes most components (2) necessary for students to achieve learning objectives

Minimally Proficient

  • Unclear objective or purpose
  • Minimally supports students in developing specific, targeted, and/or measurable skills or learning objectives
  • Includes few components (2) necessary for students to achieve learning objectives

Not Proficient

  • No stated or implied objective or purpose
  • Does not support students in developing specific, targeted, and/or measurable skills learning objectives
  • Includes no components (2) necessary for students to achieve learning objectives

Engagement

Exemplary

  • Thoroughly stimulating and engaging (3) materials and/or activities provided throughout learning process
  • Thoroughly stimulates in-depth critical and/or creative thinking (4) throughout the learning process

Proficient

  • Sufficiently stimulating and/or engaging (3) activities and/or materials provided throughout learning process
  • Clearly stimulates critical and/or creative thinking (4) through most of the learning process

Partially Proficient

  • Somewhat stimulating and engaging (3) activities and/or materials provided at some points during learning process
  • Makes a clear attempt to stimulate somewhat critical or creative thinking (4) in some parts of the learning process

Minimally Proficient

  • Minimally stimulating or engaging (3) activities and/or materials provided rarely, if at all, during the learning process
  • Makes little attempt to stimulate critical or creative thinking (4) in any part of the learning process

Not Proficient

  • The resource provides neither stimulating nor engaging (3) activities and/or materials during the learning process
  • Does not attempt to stimulate critical or creative thinking (4) in any part of the learning process

Language Conventions

Exemplary

  • Virtually free of grammatical errors, including punctuation, spelling, and/or capitalization

Proficient

  • 3-5 grammatical errors including punctuation, spelling, and/or capitalization.

Partially Proficient

  • 7-10 grammatical errors, including punctuation, spelling, and/or capitalization.

Minimally Proficient

  • 10-15 grammatical errors, including punctuation, spelling, and/or capitalization.

Not Proficient

  • Frequent grammatical errors, including punctuation, spelling, and/or capitalization errors.

*Resources should be rated in context of other similar resources