SPARTAN RUBRIC GUIDE · v2.0 · 2026-27

Team Interview Rubric v2.0

Two categories · six criteria · 12 points. Prepare to discuss actual experiences with specifics. Judges choose questions and follow-ups; there is no required question sequence.

Spartan practice: Recall your own work, decisions, failures, learning, and collaboration. These questions and examples are prompts, not a speech to memorize or a required question order. Use real evidence, acknowledge uncertainty, and let the students involved explain their contributions. See the current interview rubric guide and student-centered policy guidance.

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Official source: GRSF Team Interview Rubric. The linked official document controls; the descriptions below are Spartan explanations. Each of six criteria uses Heard, with Specifics — 2; Heard — 1; Not Yet Heard — 0. Explain Your Learning and How You Worked With Others are worth 6 points each. Examples are ways evidence may emerge, not a checklist of everything a student must say.

Explain Your Learning

6 pts · 3 criteria

Students explain their own work

Each student can pick a part of the robot, code, or strategy and explain how it works, why they built it that way, and what they chose it over.

Heard, with Specifics · 2Each student explains a part: how it works, why, and what it was chosen over.
Heard · 1Can say what the robot does, but it's hard to explain the choices.
Not Yet Heard · 0Not sure how to talk about the robot yet.

Students trace how they got there

Attempts described in order; something that did NOT work and what they did next; a moment (a test, a mistake, a conversation) that changed their thinking.

Heard, with Specifics · 2Tells what was tried, what failed, what came next, and a moment that changed the plan.
Heard · 1Names some things they tried, but the story skips around and leaves out mistakes.
Not Yet Heard · 0Only talks about the finished robot, not the journey.

Students show how they know it works

The tests they ran and real results (counts, times, measurements), and how those results changed the plan or confirmed it.

Heard, with Specifics · 2Describes tests with real results and how they changed or confirmed the plan.
Heard · 1Can say they tested the robot, but not what they measured or learned.
Not Yet Heard · 0Haven't tested yet, or can't remember what happened.

How You Worked With Others

6 pts · 3 criteria

Students learned from and with each other

One student taught another a usable skill; students add to and extend each other's answers; a shared moment of understanding.

Heard, with Specifics · 2Each can name something learned from a teammate; tells of figuring something out together.
Heard · 1Says they helped and learned from each other, but no examples.
Not Yet Heard · 0Haven't thought about what they've learned from each other.

Decisions were made together

How the team reached a decision; a disagreement and how it was settled; decisions made BY students, not for them.

Heard, with Specifics · 2Tells of a team decision and how it was made, and how a disagreement was settled.
Heard · 1Can say what they decided, but not how they chose it.
Not Yet Heard · 0Not sure how their decisions got made.

Outside ideas were made their own

For a borrowed idea: where it came from (credit), what they changed to fit their robot (adapt), how they tested it, and why it works.

Heard, with Specifics · 2Where it came from, what they changed, how they tested it, and why it works.
Heard · 1Can say where an idea came from, but not what they changed, tested, or why it works.
Not Yet Heard · 0Use ideas without knowing where they came from.
TOTAL — 12 points  ·  Explain Your Learning 6 · How You Worked With Others 6