Assessing Performance

Here is a rubric for assessing your work through Into the New Testament problems. We use and continue to refine this grid in my classes at Luther Seminary. If you have suggestions for assessing the learning that Into the New Testament facilitates, let me know.

Pass +
Pass
Marginal
Fail
Assessment of Process
Data Gathering Learner has gathered data from a variety of sources while keeping the focus on reading the New Testament. Learner has attended to the sources named in the problem & read the New Testament closely. Learner has paid inadequate attention to the New Testament as a data source. Learner has no sources beyond those named in the problem & has done little work with those.
Collaboration Learner has worked with others to refine, focus and energize the work, not just merely to split it up. The process has been improved by work with others. No collaboration is in evidence during the process. Learner has harmed the process by not working with others or by working in negative ways with them.
Assessment of Product
Relation to Problem The product is clearly related to the problem and solves the problem in a creative and lively way. The product is clearly related to the problem. The connection between the product and the problem is not clear. The product is clearly unrelated to the problem.
Evidence of Exegetical Skill in Action The product demonstrates a highly advanced level of competence with the exegetical skill being practiced. The product demonstrates a high level of competence with the exegetical skill. The product demonstrates a lack of competence with the exegetical skill. The product appears to have been uninfluenced by exegetical work.
Creativity The product is quirky, creative and engaging. The product is somewhat imaginative. The product is adequate but dull. The product is inadequate and dull.
Clarity & Presentation Writing is clear and follow able. The product has eye appeal. Writing is clear and followable. Few if any typos. Writing is muddled or presentation is sloppy. Muddled writing is paired with sloppy presentation.