Rubrics

The rubric below is from "General Writing and Information Literacy Rubric (SEWS Rubric)" (web page).

A. See also

"University of Delaware General Education Rubrics" (pdf) includes brief but detailed rubrics as well as extended "objectives definitions" (with examples) for each of the following core academic skills:

A. VALUE Rubric Development Project: The Association of American College & Universities' (AACU) "VALUE initiative in 2007-09 involved teams of faculty and other educational professionals from over 100 higher education institutions engaged over many months to develop 16 VALUE rubrics for the LEAP Essential Learning Outcomes."

A. "Using Rubrics as a Defense Against Grade Appeals" (article) explains that "[d]eveloping markers or levels of achievement within the assignment (i.e., beginning, developing, intermediate, and exemplary) provides your students with a road map to excellence." 

"Pedagogy and the Class Blog" (post) presents a sample weekly blog assignment and "a simple five-point rubric, ranging from 0 (no credit) to 4 (exceptional)."

• Of the rubric, the author writes, "It’s quick and in roughly 1-2 minutes I know what to rate any given blog post."

1. The Sample Assignment