Grading Rubric for Lesson Plans

Standard Criterion Performance Rating

(ACEI, InTASC, or Unacceptable Emerging Acceptable Target Score
MSTAR) 1 2 3 4
ACEI 3.1 Integrating Content No mention of content Content standard/s Appropriate content Appropriate content standard/s
and applying Standard(s) standard/s (Learning are present not all standard/s selected and selected and included and
knowledge for (Learning Goal(s)) Goal(s)) are appropriate included. linked to assessment of the
instruction content standard(s) (Learning
Goal/s)
ACEI 3.1 Integrating Learner Objectives Behavior, criteria, and/or At least one Two of the three (behavior, Behavior, criteria, and
and applying conditions are unclear or behavior, criteria, criteria, and/or conditions) conditions are clearly
knowledge for missing, and/or No and/or condition is are apparent communicated and clearly and
instruction mention of lesson clear and there is concisely written;
objective(s) some mention of
lesson objective(s)
ACEI 3.4 Initial Activity No mention of initial Initial activity is Initial activity is clearly and Initial activity is clearly and
Active Engagement in activity and/or the initial somewhat linked to concisely stated and is concisely stated and is related
Learning activity is not linked to the the content standard related to the content to the content standard and
content standard standard provides focus and direction for
the lesson towards the content
standard/s
ACEI 3.4 Instructional Instructional procedures Some instructional Instructional procedures Instructional procedures very
Active Engagement in Procedures unclear; format is not procedures are clear; clear; format followed and clear; format is followed; all
Learning followed; components format is somewhat components are accurately components are accurate and
missing; poorly written and followed; some implemented throughout of high quality throughout the
poorly designed. components are the lesson plan. lesson plan. Teacher and
present, somewhat learner centered procedures
clearly written and are included
designed
ACEI 3.4 Materials No reference to materials Incomplete list of Incomplete list of materials Complete list of materials
Active Engagement in needed materials needed by needed by student and/or needed by student and teacher
Learning (to foster students and/or teacher
active engagement in teacher and some
learning and to create are erroneous
supportive learning
environments)
Comments

Standard
ACEI 4.0 Assessment for
instruction—Candidates
know, understand, and
use formal
and informal assessment
strategies to plan, evaluate
and strengthen instruction
ACEI 3.3
Development of
critical thinking and
problem solving
ACEI 3.2
Adaptation to diverse
students
ACEI 5.1 Professional
growth, reflection, and
evaluation
Grading Rubric for Lesson Plans
Criterion
Unacceptable
1 2
Assessment The behavior assessed is
inconsistent with the
behavior described in the
objective and description
of the lesson, there is no
formal or informal
assessment and there no
link to the content
standard/s
Enrichment/ No activities planned to
Remediation achieve a higher level of
critical thinking and/or to
provide remediation
Accommodations Necessary
and Adaptations for accommodations are not
Diverse Learners anticipated or described;
descriptions of lesson
modifications such as
enrichment activities are
absent.
Reflection No reference to reflection
(provided after the is provided
lesson is taught)
Performance Rating
Emerging Acceptable Target Score
3 4
Some of the behavior The behavior assessed The behavior assessed exactly
assessed closely closely resembles the matches the behavior described
resembles the behavior described in the in the objective and description
behavior described in objective and description of the lesson and is linked to
the objective and of the lesson. There are the content standard/s. The
description of the formal and informal formal and informal assessment
lesson. There are assessment strategies strategies align with LGs and
some informal or planned. learning objectives.
formal assessment
strategies.
Few of the activities Some of the activities All of the activities planned to
planned to achieve a planned to achieve a achieve a higher level of critical
higher level of critical higher level of critical thinking and/or to provide
thinking and/or to thinking and/or to provide remediation are linked to
provide remediation remediation are linked to content standard/s
are linked to content content standard/s
standard/s
Some of the Necessary All necessary accommodations
necessary accommodations are are anticipated and fully
accommodations are anticipated and described; described; descriptions of
anticipated and descriptions of lesson lesson modifications such as
described; adaptations are of extra enrichment activities, skill
descriptions of lesson adequate quality and work, tutoring or collaborative
adaptations are not match content, objectives, work are of superior quality and
all of adequate and standards. clearly match content,
quality and match objectives, and standards.
content, objectives,
and standards.
Reflection is provided Some reflection is provided Reflection is provided in all of
in only one of the in one or more of the the following areas: How their
following areas: How following areas: How their teaching effected choices,
their teaching teaching effected choices, actions, and encourages
effected choices, actions, and encourages student growth, professional
actions, and professional grow grow, and teacher’s growth.
encourages
professional grow