Thinking Skills

Assessment Rubric Draft

MS Summarizing

Descriptor & Points	Selection of material for summary.	States or recalls main ideas in a shortened form	Uses own words or thoughts in the summarization
Expert 4	Selects appropriate main ideas or conclusions for a thoughtful summary	Accurately recalls main ideas or conclusions in a condensed version.	Student’s summarization is written completely in their own words
Practitioner 3	Selects several appropriate main ideas or conclusions for a thoughtful summary	Accurately recalls several main ideas or conclusions in a condensed version.	Student’s summarization is partially written in their own words.
Apprentice 2	Selects a few appropriate main ideas or conclusions for a summary.	Makes some errors recalling main ideas or conclusions in a condensed version.	Student’s summarization has very few words of their own.
Novice 1	Doesn’t select appropriate main ideas or conclusions for a summary	Makes many errors recalling main ideas or conclusions in a condensed version.	Student’s summarization is a copy of the text or source.