Rubrics are used to help students meet the grading criteria for each assessment. Not only do they set clear criteria for success, but they make grading better for all. Rubrics also provide the instructor with specific and consistent standards for giving clear feedback to students based on their observations.
Parts of a Rubric
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Best Practices for Designing Effective Rubrics – (Teach Online, 2019)
Types of Rubrics: Holistic and Analytic – (Queens University, 2021)
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Example Rubrics
VALUE Rubrics are open source and available to download from https://www.aacu.org/value-rubrics.
Sample Rubrics for a variety of assignments from Carnegie Melon University Eberly Center for Teaching Excellence & Educational Innovation – Creating and Using Rubrics
Bottom Line
- Rubrics help students understand expectations. They clarify the criteria with detailed descriptions for each performance level. The rubric can be used as a checklist to help students plan and track their progress when completing assignments.
- Rubrics provide feedback. Using a rubric creates a common language between the student and instructor on performance. This feedback can refer students directly to a section of the rubric and to help identify what was missing to move them beyond a performance level.
- Rubrics improve learning. By having a rubric to work off of, students are able to reflect and self-assess the quality of their work before submission, helping to motivate them to succeed.