Social Studies Assessment
#1
http://www.oakland.k12.mi.us/climbproject.htm
This site clarifies benchmarks, gives examples, provides an assessment task and a rubric for every benchmark in the Dowagiac Social Studies Curriculum.
Sample:
Assessment Task
Provide each student with a blank copy of the decision making model used to evaluate a character’s alternatives. Ask them to do the following:
• identify a personal choice they have faced or anticipate facing,
• utilize the model to consider options and make a decision,
• evaluate, in writing, the effect of the decision on himself/herself and other people.
Scoring Rubric
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Benchmark (IV.1.L.E.3) |
Apprentice |
Basic |
Meets |
Exceeds |
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Use a decision making model to explain a personal choice. |
Decision-making model used with teacher assistance. |
Decision-making model used to identify a personal choice. Identification of criteria, evaluation of alternatives, and description of effect of decision on himself/herself and others lack depth and breadth. |
Decision-making model used to identify a personal choice, establish criteria, consider options, and make a decision. Effect of decision on himself/herself and other people evaluated. |
Decision-making model used to identify a personal choice, establish criteria, throughly consider options, and make a decision. Effect of decision on himself/herself and other people elaborately evaluated. |
#2
http://www.michigan.gov/documents/MI_Auth_12350_7.AssmtMan.pdf
This site contains a book Authentic Assessment of Social Studies.
Sample:
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Citizen Involvement Benchmarks VII.1.2 |
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Early Elementary |
Participate in projects designed to help others in their local community. |
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Later Elementary |
Engage in activities intended to contribute to solving a local, state, or national problem they have studied. |
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Middle School |
Engage in activities intended to contribute to solving a national or international problem they have studied. |
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High School |
Plan and conduct activities intended to advance their views on matters of public policy, report the results of their efforts, and evaluate their effectiveness. |