TYPES OF RUBRICS

Melmar S. Parilla DPE/CPE

TWO TYPES OF RUBRICS

Holistic Rubrics

Analytical Rubrics
Holistic Rubrics
Holistic Rubrics-provide a single score based on an overall
impression of a student’s performance on a task.

It is used to score student work as a whole yielding one

holistic score
When to use Holistic Rubric

There is no correct answer/response to ask a task

(creative work)
The focus is on overall quality, proficiency or
understanding of a specific content or skills
Assessing significant numbers (150 students portfolio)
Analytic Rubrics

Analytic Rubrics provide specific feedback along several

dimensions and descriptors of products
Breaks the objective into component parts
Each portion is scored independently using a rating scale
Final score is made up of adding each component parts
When to use Analytical Rubrics

Several faculty are collectively assessing student work

Outside audiences will be examining rubric scores
Profiles of specific strength/weaknesses are desired
IMPORTANCE/COMMON FEATURES OF A RUBRIC
 Do what you want them to do, assess what you want to
assist.
 Are pleasing to look at, are easy on the eyes, are clear
to everyone, are not too big or small for their purpose.
 Are reliable, valid, fair, and completely connected to
what you are assessing.
 Everybody understands the same thing when they read
one, but they can still be scary.
BASIC STEPS TO DESIGN RUBRICS
1. Identify a learning goal
2. Choose outcomes that may be measured with a
rubric
3. Develop or adopt (adapt) an existing rubric
4. Share it with students
5. Assess/Grade
6. Analyze and report results
 HOLISTIC VS ANALYTIC
HOLISTIC ANALYTIC
Holistic rubrics provide a single score based Analytic rubrics provide a specific feedback
on an overall impression of a learner’s along several dimension.
performance on a task

ADVANTAGES
 Quick scoring, provides overview of a More detailed feedback, scoring more
student achievement consistent across students and graders

DISADVANTAGES
Does not provide detailed information, may Time consuming to score
be difficult to provide one overall score