Resources:
The Rubistar website offers free resources for creating and saving your own rubrics, finding sample rubrics that other teachers have developed, analyzing rubric data, and additional general information about developing and using rubrics to assess student performance. Find out more about this free resource by clicking here: http://rubistar.4teachers.org/index.php
Some school districts have developed their own rubrics for assessing student performance. Check out the Fairfax County Public Schools Performance Assessment for Language Students (PALS) program and accompanying rubrics, downloadable from the web at http://www.fcps.edu/DIS/OHSICS/forlang/PALS/index.htm