Rubrics and Standards

Guiding Questions

How can I accurately measure the skills and knowledge that I want students to learn?
How can I create assessments that are aligned to the standards of my content?
How do I ensure that grades in my class match the learning students have demonstrated?

Rubrics and Standards-Based Grading

Rubrics are assessment scoring tools that explicitly identify and communicate the criteria for success on an assignment. Using rubrics allows teachers to employ a standards-based grading system in which the majority of a student's grade is based on what they can demonstrate that they've learned. Designing rubrics helps teachers map out and communicate what they expect students to understand and be able to do on an assignment. Attaching a rubric to an assignment allows teachers to hold students accountable for the quality of their work.

Types of Rubrics

Rubrics can identify success criteria for products and processes, and they can take a number of different forms:

4 and 5-point rubrics that usually follow this setup
- Holistic Rubrics - Usually used on standardized tests that require one final score. Easy to score, not good for feedback.
- Analytic (Banded) Rubrics - Better at communicating feedback, take longer to score.
"Leveled" rubrics used on Depths of Knowledge aligned assessments:

Checklist Rubrics - Often used to measure fidelity to a process

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