{"id":3609,"date":"2014-07-26T06:00:59","date_gmt":"2014-07-26T13:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.educatoral.com\/wordpress\/?p=3609"},"modified":"2016-10-13T21:55:35","modified_gmt":"2016-10-14T04:55:35","slug":"proficiency-scales-vs-rubrics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/educatoral.com\/wordpress\/2014\/07\/26\/proficiency-scales-vs-rubrics\/","title":{"rendered":"Proficiency Scales vs Rubrics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In the Marzano Research Laboratory online course I&#8217;m taking on Formative Assessment and Standards-Based Grading a distinction was made between Rubrics and what are known as Proficiency Scales. I have to admit that I&#8217;m having a difficult time understanding the difference between the two. Honestly, they both seem like rubrics to me!<\/p>\n<p>This blog post written by the <a title=\"Science_Goddess Twitter\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/science_goddess\">Science_Goddess<\/a> helps:<br \/>\n<a title=\"Proficiency Scales The Next Frontier\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.whatitslikeontheinside.com\/2013\/03\/proficiency-scales-next-frontier.html\">Proficiency Scales: The Next Frontier<\/a><\/p>\n<p>I searched for proficiency scales vs rubrics and found this Prezi by Kathy Verschoor too:<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/prezi.com\/embed\/ij_tuswhiztc\/?bgcolor=ffffff&amp;lock_to_path=1&amp;autoplay=0&amp;autohide_ctrls=0&amp;features=undefined&amp;disabled_features=undefined&amp;html5=1\" width=\"550\" height=\"400\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m getting it, slowly, but I need to see more examples so I looked at some proficiency scales and some rubrics on the topic of the water cycle to see if I could maybe see the difference. Here are some rubrics I found online when I searched for water cycle rubrics:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.educatoral.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/4202836.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3612\" src=\"http:\/\/www.educatoral.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/4202836-1024x624.png\" alt=\"4202836\" width=\"400\" height=\"244\" srcset=\"https:\/\/educatoral.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/4202836-1024x624.png 1024w, https:\/\/educatoral.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/4202836-150x91.png 150w, https:\/\/educatoral.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/4202836-400x244.png 400w, https:\/\/educatoral.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/4202836-900x549.png 900w, https:\/\/educatoral.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/4202836.png 1160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.educatoral.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/59321088.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3613\" src=\"http:\/\/www.educatoral.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/59321088.png\" alt=\"59321088\" width=\"400\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/educatoral.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/59321088.png 1507w, https:\/\/educatoral.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/59321088-150x74.png 150w, https:\/\/educatoral.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/59321088-400x198.png 400w, https:\/\/educatoral.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/59321088-1024x508.png 1024w, https:\/\/educatoral.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/59321088-900x446.png 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.educatoral.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Screen-Shot-2014-07-25-at-9.29.09-PM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3614\" src=\"http:\/\/www.educatoral.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Screen-Shot-2014-07-25-at-9.29.09-PM.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2014-07-25 at 9.29.09 PM\" width=\"400\" height=\"272\" srcset=\"https:\/\/educatoral.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Screen-Shot-2014-07-25-at-9.29.09-PM.png 624w, https:\/\/educatoral.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Screen-Shot-2014-07-25-at-9.29.09-PM-150x102.png 150w, https:\/\/educatoral.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Screen-Shot-2014-07-25-at-9.29.09-PM-400x272.png 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here is a proficiency scale that someone, I&#8217;m so sorry but I don&#8217;t remember where I got this from, made using Marzano&#8217;s proficiency scale outline using the WA State Science Standard for the water cycle (pre-NGSS).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.educatoral.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Screen-Shot-2014-07-25-at-9.20.06-PM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3616\" src=\"http:\/\/www.educatoral.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Screen-Shot-2014-07-25-at-9.20.06-PM.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2014-07-25 at 9.20.06 PM\" width=\"500\" height=\"278\" srcset=\"https:\/\/educatoral.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Screen-Shot-2014-07-25-at-9.20.06-PM.png 902w, https:\/\/educatoral.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Screen-Shot-2014-07-25-at-9.20.06-PM-150x83.png 150w, https:\/\/educatoral.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Screen-Shot-2014-07-25-at-9.20.06-PM-400x222.png 400w, https:\/\/educatoral.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Screen-Shot-2014-07-25-at-9.20.06-PM-900x499.png 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>They are quite different and frankly, for scoring a student&#8217;s understanding of the water cycle I find the proficiency scale much more helpful. The rubric seems like an all purpose, project guide. I might share a rubric with students way before I share the proficiency scales with them.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a website from the Marzano Learning Center for creating your own proficiency scales:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.marzanocenter.com\/blog\/article\/5-steps-to-creating-successful-common-core-scales-for-student-learning\/\">5 Steps to Creating Successful Common Core Scales for Student Learning<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a proficiency scale bank from Marzano Research:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.marzanoresearch.com\/resources\/proficiency-scale-bank\">Proficiency Bank<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the Marzano Research Laboratory online course I&#8217;m taking on Formative Assessment and Standards-Based Grading a distinction was made between Rubrics and what are known as Proficiency Scales. I have to admit that I&#8217;m having a difficult time understanding the difference between the two. 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