RUBRICS

RUBRIC Abbreviation
Reliability Usability Behavior Reflection Information and
Creativity.

Reliability – The consistency (quality/standard) of Score

Usability – Quality of users experience (the degree to which something is able)
Behavior – Performance in Assessment
Reflection – Addresses the topic (evaluation)
Information – Criteria used for assessing
Creativity – Important ideas
Rubrics - Meaning
Rubrics denotes a guide listing a set of rules or
specific criteria for scoring or grading student
assignments, projects and academic
performance.
RUBRIC -- Definition
A rubric is a type of scoring guide that assess
and articulates specific components and
expectations for an assignment.
Rubrics
• Rubrics denotes the criteria used by the teacher to assess
students learning achievement and their specifications
describing the different levels of performance.
• (e.g) When a teacher is grading a particular assignment of
a students on a scale 1 to 4, What component present in
the assignment grade 1,what else are present grade 2,
what are all to be present in the assignment is the highest
grade 4 will be indicated in the rubrics.
 Example of Marking Rubrics
Making Rubrics Excellent Good Average Poor
Comprehension Demonstrated Reflected most Showed practical Showed minimal
complete of the knowledge of knowledge of
knowledge of
concepts and knowledge or some points of concepts in the
principles in the concepts or the concept in content area.
content area. principles. the content area.
Comprehension Showed an Showed good Showed some Poor in
excellent understanding in understanding of interpreting the
understanding
in interpreting interpreting the the concepts in concepts in the
the concepts in concepts in the the content. content area.
the content. content.
Steps in Students Learning to create a Rubric

Seven steps in students

learning to create a Rubric
Steps in Rubric
•Teacher explains with illustrations what makes an assignment on a
topic and ask the students to reflect on them.
•Teacher takes a topic as an example and describes the elements of
good assignments and get feedback from students.
•Based on the feedback from students the teacher improves the
criteria (very good, good, satisfy, bad)of assessment.
•Grading the attributes/ criteria developed to form a rubrics.
(arranging the order)
•Evaluate some student assignment on the topic.
•Using the rubrics developed by the teacher, students assess their own
assignment on that topic.
•Students themselves develop a rubric for a topic and evaluate their
own and other student’s rubrics.
Importance of Rubric
• Rubric helps the teacher to assess student’s performance.
• To write rubrics, teachers need to focus on the criteria by
which learning will be assessed.
• It help the students to understand the important concepts
in the content area.
• It help students to reflect on their academic work.
• It help to assess the learning achievement of students in all
fields like music, dance, drama, painting, game etc.