Developing and Using Rubrics in

Assessing Students’ Learning

What a Rubric is?A scoring tool that lists the

criteria for a piece of work or “what counts”

Usually one or two-page document that describes different levels of quality for a specified assignment.

What is the Purpose of Rubric?

To give students informative feedback about their works in progress

To give detailed evaluations of their final product.

Why use Rubrics?

1. Instructional rubrics are easy to use and explain.

2. instructional rubrics make teachers’ expectations very clear.

3. Instructional rubrics provide students with more informative feedback bout their strength and areas in need of improvement than traditional forms of assessment do.

4. instructional rubrics support learning.5. Instructional rubrics support development of skills6. Instructional rubrics support development of understanding.7. Instructional rubrics are useful in that they help students become more thoughtful judges of the quality of their own and other’s work.8. Instructional rubrics reduce the amount of time teachers spend.9. Instructional rubrics are easy to use and to explain.