rubrics (analytic and holistic)

DIAZ, JEZIEL B.

DIAZ, JEZIEL B.

`What is RUBRIC?

A rubric is a guideline for rating student

performance

A rubric is scoring tool that lists the criteria or

‘what counts’ for a piece of work

An evaluation tool that describes quality of

work on a (range) from excellent to poor

A communication tool

GOOD RUBRICS

• Do what you want them to do, assess what you

want to assess.

• 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 Rubric

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

1.Holistic Rubrics

2.Analytic Rubrics

HOLISTIC RUBRICS

• Holistic rubrics-provide a single score based

on an overall impression of a student’s

performance on a task.

• It used to score student work as a whole

yielding one holistic scored

There is no correct answer/response to ask a

task (e.g. creative work).

The focus is on overall quality, proficiency, or

understanding of a specific content or skills.

The assessment is summative (e.g. at the end

of the semester or major)

Assessing significant numbers (e.g. 150

students portfolio)

When to use Holistic Rubrics:

ANALYTIC

RUBRICS•Analytic rubrics provide specific feedback

along several dimensions and descriptors of

products

•Breaks the objective into components parts

•Each portion is scored independently using a

rating scale

•Final score is made up of adding each

components parts

• Several faculty are collectively assessing

student work.

• Outside audiences will be examining rubric

scores.

• Profiles of specific strength/weaknesses are

desired.

When to use Analytic Rubrics

Holistic rubrics provide a single score based on an

overall impression of a

student’s performance on a

task.

Analytic rubrics provide specific feedback along

several dimensions. ƒ

ADVANTAGES

quick scoring, provides

overview of student

achievement

more detailed feedback,

scoring more consistent

across students and graders ƒ

DISADVANTAGES

does not provide detailed

information, may be difficult to provide one overall score

time consuming to score

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