This is the sixth in a series of posts (1: Choices, 2: Parent Communication, 3: Research, 4: Thinking, 5: Planning)about supporting successful product assignments at the end of a unit of study. Now let’s talk about peer and self-evaluations. During every formal check-in, I believe in incorporating formative peer and self-evaluation. Put students into groups of up to four products to critique each other. The same students will peer review each other during the project at every check-in and ask students to self-evaluate their progress. During the final presentations, regroup the students for summative peer evaluations, that way students are asked to evaluate only the finished project without knowledge of the whole process. Students will be asked to self-evaluate again at the end of the project. All peer and self-evaluations need to be based on the established content and production criteria. I suggest you provide a rubric for the students to use.