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Lesson 3, Evaluation rubric 2: Assessing the evidence and explanations of change

Use the following rubric to assess students' explanations of changes to family and household structures.

	Outstanding	Very good	Competent	Satisfactory	In progress
Identifies relevant and important changes and supporting evidence	Identifies the most important and evident trends regarding changes to families and households. Includes evidence that strongly supports the identified trends.	Identifies several important and evident trends regarding changes to families and households. Includes several relevant pieces of evidence.	Identifies some of the important trends regarding changes to families and households, but some supporting evidence is omitted.	Identifies some of the trends regarding changes to families and households but little supporting evidence is included.	Identifies no relevant trends regarding changes to families and households and has not included supporting evidence.
Offers plausible, corroborated and imaginative explanations	Demonstrates insight and imagination in identifying the most plausible causes of change to families and households. The evidence effectively corroborates the explanation.	Identifies most of the important and plausible causes of change to families and households. The evidence effectively corroborates the explanation.	Identifies only the obvious and stated plausible causes of change to families and households. The evidence generally corroborates the explanation.	Identifies very few plausible explanations of change to families and households; most of the important ones are missing. Some evidence does generally corroborate the explanation, but may not be the best choice.	Identifies no plausible, corroborated or imaginative explanations of change to families and households.