Understanding Educational Rubrics

Students better understand what good or bad performance looks like.

It allows for more consistent and objective assessment.

It allows teachers to provide more detailed feedback.

<p>Explicit criteria and performance indicators.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>So that the criteria are relevant and applicable to the task.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>It requires application of real-life skills.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>To help students understand what performance and criterion of performance are expected of them.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Repeated use, over time, on several tasks.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Analytic Rubric</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>It identifies the student's strengths and areas for improvement based on the criteria identified.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Holistic Rubric</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Students receive feedback, practice, revise, and ultimately receive a grade, all using the same rubric as their description of the criteria and the quality levels that will demonstrate learning.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Traditional assessment has definite correct answers, whereas product-based/authentic assessment requires a scoring rubric because the answers are beyond yes or no, true or false.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A coherent set of criteria for students' work that includes descriptions of levels of performance quality on the criteria.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>To assess performance (process or product) against a set of criteria.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>McMillan describes it as a 'scoring guide that uses criteria to differentiate between levels of student proficiency', while Popham describes it as the 'scoring procedures for judging students' responses to performance tests'.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Analytic rubrics break down performance into individual criteria, while holistic rubrics evaluate performance as a whole.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A well-designed scoring rubric provides clear criteria and performance levels, enabling teachers to give specific feedback and students to revise their work accordingly.</p> Signup and view all the answers