1. What is a Rubric?
A scoring scale used to assess student
performance along a task-specific set of criteria.
For Students:
For Teachers:
● it outlines what is
expected
● it indicates relative
weights
● it diagnoses the quality
of student work
● it informs future work
● it helps ensure that
instruction leads to
desired outcomes
● it aids reliability (and
consistency) in scoring
● it justifies grades

2. Parts of a Rubric
Criteria
Levels of Achievement: 2-4
Descriptors

3. Levels of Achievement
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Provide clearer expectations
More consistent and objective assessment
Better feedback
Terms to use in measuring range/scoring levels
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Needs Improvement...Satisfactory...Good...Exemplary
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Beginning...Developing...Accomplished...Exemplary
Needs work...Good...Excellent
Novice...Apprentice...Proficient...Distinguished
Numeric scale ranging from 1 to 5, for example
Ways to calculate:
● Points (1, 2, 3 ,4)
● Point Range (0-1, 2-3, 3-4)
● Percent (0, 50, 75, 100)
● Percent Range (0-25, 25-50)

4. Criteria
Describe the conditions that any performance must
meet to be successful
● Purposes, Goals, Desired results (components,
content of the work)
○ Introduction
○ 5 paragraphs
● Work Quality/Craftsmanship
○ Organization
● Methods
○ Mode (online, paper)
○ Presentation Type
● Content
○ Grammar/spelling
● Sophistication of the performance
○ thorough investigation

5. Descriptors
Specifics for each Level of Achievement. Once you have decided what
constitutes a high scoring assignment, work your way down.
Task Requirements
All
Most
Some
Very Few or
none
Frequency
Always
Usually
Some
Rarely
Accuracy
No
Few
Some
Frequent
Comprehensibility
Always
Almost
Always
Gist
Isolated
Content
Fully
developed
Adequately
Partially
Minimally
Vocabulary
Broad
Adequate
Limited
Very Limited

6. Sample Rubrics
Research Rubrics
Discussion Board Rubrics

7. Rubric Resources Online
Rubric Creator: with over 300,000 ready to
use rubrics organized by subject area. You
have to create an account, but it is free and
easy!
Rubristar: You choose what you want and a
rubric is created for you!
Google: nope, I am not joking. Just google
what you want a rubric for and, odds are, you
will find it.