Using rubrics can improve student learning in three main ways: 1. Rubrics help clarify expectations for assignments by making grading criteria explicit for both teachers and students. 2. Sharing rubrics with students before assignments explains the scope and essential elements, indicating what quality work looks like. 3. Rubrics provide a transparent process for evaluation that can save teachers time grading and increase fairness, while also allowing students to better understand how their work was assessed.

1. Using Rubricsto Improve Learning Gail Matthews-DeNatale, Ph.D.Associate Dean Adapted from a presentation given to the faculty of Simmons College

3. usually includes levels of potential achievement for each criterion

4. sometimes also includes work or performance samples that typify each of those levels Source: Teaching, Learning, and Technology Group

6. Improves the quality of student work because expectations are explicit

9. Share with students to

10. explain assignment scope and essential elements

11. indicate expectations for quality

12. During an Assignment

13. Tool to guide comments on drafts, peer feedback, and self assessment

14. Reference document students consult outside/between class

15. After an Assignment

16. Save time in grading (provides structure and focus)

17. Increase the “fairness” in your grading

19. Consider project/assignment elements

20. Define success, evaluate only measurable criteria

21. Divide task into different skills

22. Label the levels of performance

23. Get feedbackTip:Get a “leg up” by borrowing rubrics from others and adapting them to meet your needs http://rubistar.4teachers.org

24. Example: Online Discussion

25. Example: Group Work