Feedback Strategy- Using

Rubrics

What is a Rubric?
A rubric is a scoring tool that lists the
criteria for a piece of work, or what
counts and clearly defines gradations
of quality for each criterion, from
excellent to poor.

A rubric:
handed out to students during an
assessment task briefing makes them
aware of all expectations related to the
assessment task, and helps them
evaluate their own work as it progresses
helps teachers apply consistent
standards when assessing qualitative
tasks, and promotes consistency in
shared marking.

Purpose
Rubrics are said to be an authentic
assessment tool. They are most helpful
when used to evaluate real-life tasks
where students are engaged in solving
real-life problems.
They are a formative type of assessment
because they are used before. during, and
after the learning process.

Advantages
Rubrics:
Make expectations clear
Help students judge own work
Reduce time spent evaluating
Easy to use and explain
Make scoring fair and consistent

Steps

1. Examine existing rubrics

2. Look at standards
3. Decide evidence needed
4. Create performance task
5. Use rubric to evaluate
performance

Examples

Holistic Rubric

Scoring Guide Rubric