What do the levels look like in a quality rubric?

Levels are what separate quality rubrics from checklists and what enables them to act as a powerful tool for communicating expectations and supporting student self-assessment.
- The low levels of the rubric describe what is present as well as what is not present.
- The top level of the rubric is above the expected standard – it would be a stretch for the highest achieving students.
- There is equal distance between levels of the rubric.
- The levels are appropriately named, given the audience and nature of the rubric’s use.
Examples of quality rubrics:
* with upper levels that require higher achieving students to stretch
* that show equal distance between levels
* with lower levels that describe what is occuring, not just what the student didn't do
Examples of revised rubrics:
* from showing what it is not present to what is present
* from large gaps between levels to equal distances
* from negative levels names to neutral or positive level names
Explore other attributes of a quality rubric through the components below
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