Global Education
Student Assessment Tools
Assessment of student skills can be a difficult task in any curriculum for even the most experienced teachers. Below you will find a chart highlighting a few assessment tools that focus assessing global education. Each tool is linked and described in the chart. While each of these tools has it strengths, I know that for me, nothing is quite as good as what you have designed specifically for your kids. Reviewing each of these and incorporating several different aspects is likely the approach I will take when choosing an assessment tool in my own classroom.
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This resource is a matrix of the global competence skills (Investigate the world, recognize perspectives, communicate ideas and take action) and describes what students who are proficient in these skills can do. This document was used to help develop the content specific rubrics found in the Educating for Global Competence book listed below. |
This is a fantastic place to start in crafting your own specific rubric. You could use any one element from this to infuse into a project grading rubric as well. |
It is rather generic, which is what makes it adaptable, but which also makes it difficult to use as is. It would definitely need some adjustments prior to implementation. |
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These rubrics are based off the Global Competency Matrix above and have been tailor designed to fit into several different curriculum areas. There are seven rubrics that can be used for the arts, language, social studies, ELA, math or science. |
These matrices are also a fantastic place to start focusing on on specific content. They connect the global competencies to each core subject area and a few electives as well. |
While these are definitely more specific than the original Global Competency Matrix, they are still somewhat generic. As an assessment tool, they would likely need more tweaking before being applied to student work. |
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This rubric was created for the Association of American Colleges and Universities. According to the rubric "Through global learning, students should 1) become informed, open-minded, and responsible people who are attentive to diversity across the spectrum of differences, 2) seek to understand how their actions affect both local and global communities, and 3) address the world’s most pressing and enduring issues collaboratively and equitably." |
This rubric is ready to be used to actually score student work. It has point values and makes suggestions for scoring. It also provides end-game scenario for students as they move through institutes of higher education, assisting teachers with the backwards design model. It is easily adaptable for pre-secondary education. |
This rubric is a little too advanced to be used with middle school or elementary students. |
What is Problem Based Learning?
The Buck Institute of Education
PBL Rubrics
In light of the deep connection between problem based learning and global education, I offer the The Buck Institute for Educations's rubrics as yet another option for assessing global learning. The first is a Rubric for Rubrics. This is a teacher's aid in creating a quality rubric. The following rubrics are specific for middle grades and focus on Creativity/Innovation, Collaboration, Presentations, and Critical Thinking. Rubrics for other grade levels, both elementary and high school are also available on the BIE website linked further below.
For more information about PBL, resources and additional rubrics visit the
Buck Institute for Education's website by clicking any of the buttons below.
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