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Rubrics

Rubrics provide the basis on which to review the quality of student work across four performance tasks: the analytic essay, research paper, science experiment and applied mathematics.

rubrics.pdf (newly updated: August 2007)
Download this PDF for complete Rubrics for the following tasks:

  • Analytic literary essay
  • Social studies research paper: Writing, revising and presenting an original research paper
  • Extended science project based on original experiement
  • Application of mathematical concepts



At two competitive alternative middle schools in New York City, the School of the Future and the Institute for Collaborative Education, scores of students went to school brandishing letters signed by their parents giving them permission to sit out on the tests.

Some students wrote their names and a bold message: "I object to high-stakes testing," across the top of their test forms.