Purpose+of+Rubrics

**﻿Purpose of Rubrics**

Rubrics are scoring guides used to help evaluate students' work to a performance assessment. It is also a great tool for the teacher to be consistant in grading.
 * What are Rubrics? **

There are two important features to every rubric: 1. __Evaluative criteria__ - this determines the quality of the student's work 2. __Descriptions of qualitative differences for the evaluative criteria__ - for each numerical value, there must be a description that clearly states what the expectation is for that number


 * Why Use Rubrics? **
 * Rubrics enable teachers to distinguish between different levels of quality in performance and products.
 * Rubrics describe the different levels of quality that can be achieved on each evaluative criterion.
 * Rubrics help teachers make a valid inference about a student's mastery of specific skill. 
 * The purpose of a rubric is to guide students through the steps they must take to improve the quality of their work. **