No writing course is ever the inoculation students need in order to learn all they can about writing. To compose many texts, students need ongoing practice. Yet when they leave our classes, they ...

Create rubrics to establish specific criteria and performance expectations for assignments and discussions to make your grading expectations and criteria transparent and consistent. While rubrics ...

A beginner’s guide to creating an analytic rubric which can be used by tutors to accurately mark and feedback on assignments, but also by students themselves to guide their work Rubrics comprise a ...

Rubrics can transform how educators assess essays, making grading more consistent, transparent, and constructive. By breaking evaluation into clear criteria, they help students understand expectations ...

Art educators are embracing rubrics and portfolio assessments to evaluate student work fairly while encouraging artistic growth. Portfolios track development over time, while rubrics set clear ...

A quick guide to the process of designing successful rubrics and recommendations for successful implementation Assessment is an ongoing challenge that requires different strategies, techniques and ...

Christopher R. Gareis, Ed.D., is a professor of education at William & Mary. A former English teacher, soccer coach, and principal, he is the co-author of the books Teacher-Made Assessments: How to ...

Michigan Tech no longer has university-wide learning goals. Launching in Fall 2025, the Essential Ed program will replace the general education curriculum used by Michigan Tech undergraduates since ...

A new in-depth case study in Science finds that faculty hiring rubrics—also called criterion checklists or evaluation tools—helped mitigate gender bias in these decisions. At the same time, ...