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Evaluation Reforms
3.3 Types of Assessment Rubrics

Holistic Rubric : assumes that the work must be evaluated as a whole rather being treated as a
sum total of different criteria. The focus is on overall assessment of a specific content or skills.
Only one score is given for the entire work/task. It is generally useful for simple tasks. For
instance, a short essay may be graded by considering all the criteria together.

Analytic Rubric : features a grid of criteria and levels of achievement. They provide specific
feedback along several criteria. It is suited for tasks that must be assessed against several criteria.

3.4 Developing a Rubric

The steps to be followed are:

• Identify learning outcomes for the assessment
• Decide on criteria based on learning outcomes, i.e., the characteristics on which to judge
student’s performance.

• Select levels of performance i.e. an appropriate scoring method must be chosen depending
on the nature of the assessment and chosen scale.
• Write descriptors, i.e., describe the expected achievement on each characteristic for each level
of performance. The descriptions should be specific, clear and consistent.
• The rubric should be tested on a sample of student’s assessments before implementation.

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