Cognitive Skills Rubric - Summit Public Schools

The Summit Learning Cognitive Skills Rubric is an assessment and instruction tool that outlines the continuum of 36 interdisciplinary, higher-order thinking skills that are necessary for college and career readiness.

Constructs Being Measured

Primary
Problem solving
Secondary
Critical Thinking

How to Access and Cite

Contact the Teach For All TACL team for more information on this resource.
These skills are aligned to the Common Core but independently as well hold a lot of merit to track progress for students. Please use the glossary at the end of the document to ensure alignment in criteria and understanding of key definitions of all the indicators.

Outcome Families

Agency
Mastery

 

Programmatic Purpose-terms

Classroom-level data and feedback

Instrument Characteristics

Original target population

Designed to prepare students college and career readiness.

Format
Rubric

Applicable Grade Levels-terms

Secondary
Post-secondary

Supporting Research

Developed in collaboration with the Stanford Center for Assessment, Learning & Equity. May, 2017

Available Languages

Rationale

Points to Consider

For more guidance on measuring student learning and best practices in adapting measurement tools to your contexts, check out the Portal page on Monitoring and Evaluation. You can also contact Alvin Vista (Knowledge Lead, Student Outcomes) and Robbie Dean (Director of Research) for specific questions.