📋 The Basics of Rubrics

Your Essential Guide to Assessment Tools

🔍Types of Rubrics

🎯 Holistic Rubrics

Single score based on overall performance impression

Advantages

  • Quick scoring
  • Overview of achievement

Considerations

  • Limited detailed feedback
  • Challenging to assign single score

📊 Analytic Rubrics

Multiple scores across different dimensions

Advantages

  • Detailed feedback
  • Consistent scoring

Considerations

  • Time-intensive scoring

🌐 General Rubrics

Broad criteria applicable across tasks

Advantages

  • Reusable across tasks
  • Time efficient

Considerations

  • May lack specificity

🎨 Task-Specific Rubrics

Unique criteria for specific assignments

Advantages

  • Reliable task assessment
  • Precise measurement

Considerations

  • Time-consuming to create

🎯When to Use Each Type

Use Holistic When:

  • Quick achievement snapshot needed
  • Single dimension defines quality

Use Analytic When:

  • Detailed feedback required
  • Assessing complex skills
  • Student self-assessment desired

Use Task-Specific When:

  • Varied student projects
  • Assessing reasoning & skills

Use General When:

  • Assessing knowledge
  • Scoring consistency critical

🤝 Student Involvement in Rubric Development

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Collaborative Creation

Students work in teams or as a class to develop rubrics

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Feedback Integration

Students review and enhance existing rubrics

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Increased Motivation

Assignments become more meaningful to students

📈How Rubrics Enhance Learning

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Clear Expectations

Students know performance standards before starting

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Increased Motivation

Students are motivated to reach clear standards

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Self-Assessment

Promotes student reflection on their own learning

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Formative & Summative

Provides both grades and improvement feedback

💡 Key Takeaway: Share rubrics with students BEFORE they complete assignments for maximum impact!

Source: Center for Excellence in Learning and Teaching, Clayton State University

Revised July 2025

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