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World Languages

Rubrics for the NYS Learning Standards for World Languages

The master rubrics for each of the five NYS Learning Standards for World Languages are designed with two primary goals in mind: (1) to give teachers a basic structure from which to create rubrics customized to a given proficiency target and performance task, and (2) to provide learners feedback on their standards-based performances and proficiency development. Each master rubric consists of one or more dimensions associated with the given standard. Dimensions are elaborated with a learner-friendly question and subsequently described for each proficiency target using an “I Can” statement.  The master rubrics are analytic rubrics. Teachers may choose to use the master rubrics as they are presented; they may extract descriptors specific to a contiguous set of proficiency targets to create three- or four-point rubrics or a single proficiency target to create single-point rubrics; or they may aggregate the descriptors associated with a given proficiency target to create holistic rubrics. With the exception of holistic rubrics, student work is evaluated separately on each dimension. With holistic rubrics, student work is assigned a single score, similar to the Advanced Placement (AP) Exam task evaluation. Teachers should choose the rubric type appropriate for the performance task, the needs of learners, and the type of feedback desired.  To customize the rubrics, teachers can copy and paste the descriptors from the master rubrics directly into four-point, three-point, or single-point rubrics designed to provide learners with feedback on specific performance tasks. Areas shaded in gray in the master rubrics represent dimensions that do not need to be assessed at the indicated proficiency target. Teachers may also choose to add task-specific dimensions to rubrics. In addition, teachers can replace generic language in a descriptor with task-specific characteristics to give learners additional guidance and feedback in assessing their performance.

The following rubrics are available for download for Modern Languages in both Word and Google doc formats:

 

 

The following rubrics are available for download for Classical Languages in both Word and Google doc formats:

Webpage last updated on July 28, 2025