Rubric (academic)

This article is about rubrics in academic sense. For other uses, see Rubric (disambiguation).

In the realm of US education, a rubric is a "scoring guide used to evaluate the quality of students' constructed responses" according to James Popham.[1] In simpler terms, it serves as a set of criteria for grading assignments. Typically presented in table format, rubrics contain evaluative criteria, quality definitions for various levels of achievement, and a scoring strategy.[1] They play a dual role for teachers in marking assignments and for students in planning their work.[2]

  1. ^ a b Popham, James (October 1997). "What's Wrong - and What's Right - with Rubrics". Educational Leadership. 55 (2): 72–75.
  2. ^ Dawson, Phillip (December 2015). "Assessment rubrics: towards clearer and more replicable design, research and practice". Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education. 42 (3): 347–360. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.703.8431. doi:10.1080/02602938.2015.1111294. S2CID 146330707.