Resources
Two Stars and a Wish. Students identify two areas in which a particular piece of their peer's work is strong, and one in need of improvement.
In order to work, this tactic has to be followed by an opportunity to revise and improve the work, if the students chooses to do so (feedback is feedback, not a mandate). For more information,
click here. For a variety of templates,
click here. Recommended for grades 3-5.
Applying Success Criteria. This is a generic version of “Two Stars and a Wish” to make it more appropriate for use with older students. Students identify two areas in which a particular piece of their peer's work is strong, and one in need of improvement.
Success Criteria ResourcesLadder of Feedback. This is a protocol that supports students in giving each other constructive feedback for learning. Students start at the bottom, asking questions of clarification about their peer’s work, then commenting on what they value about it, then raising concerns and making suggestions for improvement.
Ladder of Feedback Resources
Single-Point Rubrics. Combining a criteria checklist with a feedback protocol enables students to give each other constructive, relevant feedback. The feedback should be followed by opportunities to revise and improve the work. Recommended for grades 3-12.
Single-Point Rubrics
Visual Rubrics. Task-specific visual rubrics use images instead of text to communicate levels of quality in student work. Students can compare a peer's work to an image and also indicate which features of other images could be emulated. Recommended for English Learners, students with disabilities, and all students grades K-12.
Using Exemplars. Exemplars are examples of work on a specific assignment that illustrate what student work looks like along a continuum of quality.
Learn More about Exemplars