Title of Rubric

Concepts

Performance Task Assessment Rubric

(d school: Institute of Design at Stanford)

• Describes others’ feelings/needs while connecting these to own experiences and larger human experience

• Exhibits empathy through non-verbal cues and verbal reinforcements, while actively listening

• Asks pertinent questions and shares relevant experiences

Intercultural Knowledge and Competence Rubric

(Association of American Colleges and Universities)

• Interprets intercultural experience from the perspective of more than one worldview

• Acts in a supportive way that shows recognition of another cultural group’s feelings

Empathy Rubric

(Japanese Cultural Community Center of Washington Seattle)

• Cites personal connections

• Relates situations beyond themselves

Empathy Rubric Link

(R-Campus)

• Considers others’ wishes/needs

• Thinks of multiple people’s perspectives

• Can perceive others’ feelings

High school empathy journal and rubric

(John Oliver Secondary School, Vancouver)

• Responses demonstrate high empathy

• Provides evidence of familiarity and understanding of issues related to marginalization and victimization discussed

• Interprets/analyzes related solutions to achieve justice

The Empathy Quotient

(Baron-Cohen and Wheelwright, 2004)

• Awareness of social cues

• Consideration of others’ feelings

• Appreciation of different perspectives

Empathy Quiz

(The Greater Good Science Center at the University of California, Berkeley)

• Consideration of others’ perspectives

• Understanding of other’s feelings

• Can be emotionally affected by someone else’s emotional state