Struggling with Grading? UW-Stout can help

I've sometimes found myself having difficulty coming up with rubrics for certain assignments I give out, or uncertain of what criteria I should use while grading a given paper or project. While I don't specifically endorse any of the resources listed on this site, just like with any other material in our practice, it is my opinion that by examining a variety of models, we as teachers can develop our own best practice.

The University of Wisconsin-Stout has provided access to quite a few "Online Assessment Resources for Teachers", including examples of rubrics, authentic assessment criteria, and recommendations for creating meaningful assessments.

For those of us teaching in public schools in Pennsylvania | PA Dept Ed. new aligned standards website!

And by "new" I mean that this was rolled out sometime in August/September, but it's still a nifty site to remember. Individual standards are sortable by grade and subject, making it extremely handy for lesson planning, and also determining what you still have to teach for the rest of the year.