Leaping Rubric

Leaping Rubric is a formative physical education assessment tool for evaluating students' skill progression in activities involving leaping actions. Suitable for physical education teachers and pre-service teachers completing EdTPA portfolios, it streamlines the scoring process with a final success score and component score scale. The full-color and black-and-white versions of the rubric support individualized or whole class evaluation. Teachers can use it to monitor skill acquisition, tailor instruction to learners' needs, provide actionable feedback, and demonstrate student growth over time. Implementation ideas include incorporating it into units on dance or gymnastics focused on various jumps and leaps or using it during culminating events like field day stations. With its clear design and easy-to-understand criteria, Leaping Rubric takes the guesswork out of assessing essential leaping competencies. The result is better insights into students’ progress as movers and more focused leaping skill development.