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
Well-being
Connectedness
Awareness
Agency
Mastery
Programmatic Purpose
Classroom-level data and feedback
Program-level monitoring and evaluation
Instrument Characteristics
Original target population: 

Designed to prepare students college and career readiness.

Format: 
Rubric
Applicable Grade Levels
Pre-primary
Primary
Secondary
Post-secondary
Supporting Research

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

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.