Grading Rubrics                                    Tips on Using Rubrics

Using a rubric for your writing assignments can help                    Sample Rubrics
...make expectations clear for students
...save grading and commenting time -- you underline sections of the rubric, instead of writing the same margin comment ...over and over again.
...present your evaluation of students' written work in an "objective" fashion

Setting Up a Rubric...

                                                Your standards for performance for each criterion

Criteria What you are looking for...	High Standard	At Standard	Below Standard
Main Thesis	Each box on the rubric should describe what papers are doing or not doing at the standard level for that criteria	Example      Example	The paper has no central thesis or has several theses or indicates a thesis and doesn’t follow through
Evidence and Analysis		Claims are supported with examples, but one or two sections need more evidence or explanation.
Organization, Order of ideas
Grammar and Clarity

  The previous sample is organized according to importance of criteria. You can also organize according to the order in which elements appear in the paper:

Tips on Creating and Using Rubrics

Sample rubrics:

* Weighted: percentages or points are attached to each part of the rubric to help determine a grade.

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