Rubrics

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A rubric is a scoring guide that seeks to evaluate a student's performance based on the sum of a full range of criteria rather than a single numerical score.  A rubric is an authentic assessment tool used to measure students' work.  A rubric is a working guide for students and teachers, usually handed out before the assignment begins in order to get students to think about the criteria on which their work will be judged.  A rubric enhances the quality of direct instruction.

Types of Rubrics - Analytic and holistic rubrics

•      Analytic rubrics describe work on each criterion separately. It Gives diagnostic information to teacher. Gives formative feedback to students. Is easier to link to instruction than holistic rubrics. Is good for formative assessment; adaptable for summative assessment; if you need an overall score for grading, you can combine the scores. Focusing on the criteria one at a time is better for instruction and better for formative assessment because students can see what aspects of their work need what kind of attention.

•      Holistic rubrics describe the work by applying all the criteria at the same time and enabling an overall judgment about the quality of the work. Holistic rubrics assess student work as a whole.In Holistic rubrics scoring is faster than with analytic rubrics. It requires less time to achieve inter-rating reliability. The main disadvantage is a single overall score does not communicate information about what to do to improve. Not good for formative assessment.  One classroom purpose for which holistic rubrics are better than analytic rubrics is the situation in which students will not see the results of a final summative assessment and you will not really use the information for anything except a grade.Some high school final examinations fall into this category. Grading with rubrics is faster when there is only one decision to make, rather than a separate decision for each criterion.