Project Planning Rubric

Project plan

Above Standard - 5

At Standard - 4

Below Standard

3-2-1

Essential question

It is based on student’s interests and appropriate for the amount of time.

It is challenging, interesting, open-ended.

It is based on student’s interests and but not appropriate for the amount of time.

It is interesting, but not challenging.

It isn’t based on student’s interests and not appropriate for the amount of time.

It is interesting, but not challenging.

Objectives and aims

Objectives reinforce, practice, or expand on what youth already know or are able to do.

Aims and outcomes are specified clearly.

It is connected with skills or knowledge needed for success in school.

Objectives reinforce, expand on what youth already know or are able to do.

Aims and outcomes are specified clearly.

It isn’t connected with skills or knowledge needed for success in school.

Objectives reinforce, expand on what youth already know or are able to do.

Aims and outcomes aren’t specified clearly.

It isn’t connected with skills or knowledge needed for success in school.

Assessment Plan

Assessment plan matches and addresses all of the targeted standards and objectives.

Assessment plan matches and addresses most of the targeted standards and objectives.

Assessment plan matches and addresses some of the targeted standards and objectives. Assessment plan does not match or address the targeted standards and objectives.

Materials needed

Materials guide students in making a project plan and carry out the project work and help students set learning objectives.

Materials guide students in making a project plan but it’s difficult to students set learning objectives.

Materials don’t guide students in making a project plan and carry out the project work and set learning objectives.

Level and skills

Level is appropriate for students and specified clearly.

Skills also are covered. It is explained well how to develop them.

Level is appropriate for students and specified clearly.

Skills also are covered but aren’t explained well how to develop them.

Level is appropriate for students.

Skills aren’t specified correctly.

Procedures

The work students complete in this project plan is authentic, meaningful, and resembles the kinds of work people do in real life.

Project Plan has well thought-out, detailed instructions and procedures that make the unit easy to implement.

The work students complete in this project plan is meaningful and has elements that resemble the kinds of work people do in real life.

Project Plan has instructions and procedures, but some areas are unclear, making implementation difficult.

The work students complete in this project plan does not resemble authentic work in a discipline in any way.

Project Plan lacks clarity and is not an effective guide for implementation.