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Download the new research-based success skills rubrics from the list below. Remember: after downloading, the rubrics should be reviewed, pilot tested, and adapted for your local context to ensure they reflect students in your socio-cultural context and conditions. Modifications may be made to the rubrics with attribution.

Rubrics for each success skill are available by grade span: K-2, 3-5, and 6-12. (The K-2 rubrics includes both a teacher version and a version for primary students or early readers.) 

Critical Thinking

• Critical Thinking Rubric – Grades K-2 (pdf)
• Critical Thinking Rubric – Grades 3-5 (pdf)
• Critical Thinking Rubric – Grades 6-12 (pdf)

Collaboration

• Collaboration Rubric – Grades K-2 (pdf)
• Collaboration Rubric – Grades 3-5 (pdf)
• Collaboration Rubric – Grades 6-12 (pdf)

Self-Directed Learning

• Self-Directed Learning Rubric – Grades K-2 (pdf)
• Self-Directed Learning Rubric – Grades 3-5 (pdf)
• Self-Directed Learning Rubric – Grades 6-12 (pdf)

Complex Communication

• Complex Communication Rubric – Grades K-2 (pdf)
• Complex Communication Rubric – Grades 3-5 (pdf)
• Complex Communication Rubric – Grades 6-12 (pdf)

Creativity

• Creativity Rubric – Grades K-2 (pdf)
• Creativity Rubric – Grades 3-5 (pdf)
• Creativity Rubric – Grades 6-12 (pdf)

These research-based rubrics are designed to provide useful, formative information that teachers can use to guide instruction and provide feedback to students and that they can use to reflect on their performance. They were created in collaboration with the National Center for Improvement of Educational Assessment (Center for Assessment), based on comprehensive review of the literature for each success skill.