Rubrics

A rubric is a scoring guide that helps evaluate a student's work or performance by identifying the criteria for an assignment and describing the levels of performance expected. Rubrics can be used for a variety of assignments, including research papers, group projects, presentations, and exams. 

Rubrics can help make the assessment process more consistent, transparent, and fair. They can be created in different forms and levels of complexity, but they all typically include the following elements:

• Performance criteria: A description of the assignment or task

• Rating scale: A range for rating performance

• Indicators: Specific performance characteristics arranged in levels

Benefits of Using a Rubric

Sharing the rubric for a particular type of work with the students when giving an assessment can be very useful, both for the students and the instructor.

Student Benefits:

• clarifies the instructor’s expectations

• gives them a goal to work towards in producing their work

• helps them understand all of the components of the work

• gives them greater clarity on how they can improve in future

• helps them understand why they achieved a specific grade

Centre for Teaching and Learning. (2024, October 19). Grading with Rubrics. https://teaching.uwo.ca/teaching/assessing/grading-rubrics.html

Sample Rubrics Used by IHS Teachers