Task+2+Recommendations+Teacher+Use

   ** Recommendations **
 * Need for development in the areas of spreadsheets and graphing applications
 * 0% of teachers use graphing in assessment of students
 * One-third of the teachers surveyed used spreadsheets 20% of the time
 * 100% of the teachers utilize rubrics 20% of the time
 * Acquisition of data needs to be applicable to both students and teacher


 * RubiStar is an online tool to help teachers to develop rubrics in a timely manner
 * Customizable rubrics include areas such as oral projects, science, math, reading, and research and writing
 * Feature entitled QuizStar that will allow online quizzes to be created and allow the results to be organized
 * Microsoft Excel Spreadsheets to record data of problems correct and incorrect on a formal or informal assessment
 * Data would easily be modified into bar graphs
 * Bar graphs would show which problems students were successful on and what problems students experienced trouble with

**                     **Graphs**
 * Rational
 * Rubistar is recommended for three reasons:
 * Rubrics are already organized and simply need to be customized
 * Organizing the rubrics would not create a significant time commitment to distract from schedules and commitments
 * Rubrics could be adapted for lessons that are already intended to be taught
 * Microsoft Excel Spreadsheets:
 * Use of the graph would give teachers important information about which standards would need to be revisited and focused on before new information was introduced
 * Would allow teachers to view individually struggling students
 * Graphs would show teachers whether lack of success was individual or with a particular concept
 * Students would be able to view the graphs after an assessment to set personal and group goals for the next assessment
 * Easy to navigate and may be a tool that has been used before for a professional task
 * According to the survey spreadsheets were used 20% of the time by teacher two for assessing while graphing was used 0% of the time by 100% of the teachers