Create rubric criteria

Within each rubricClosed a structured set of grading criteria. For example, an English rubric might contain a criterion for reading comprehension, grammar, and writing you create, you must define specific criteria. Teachers enter ratings for each criterion, such as values between 1 and 4, or E for exceeds and M for meets. For example, within the Language Arts rubric, you might create the following criteria:

  • Written Expression
  • Oral Expression
  • Effort
  • Vocabulary
  • Grammar
  • Reading Comprehension

For each criterion, you specify the rubric rating scale a teacher uses to enter values.

You can create criteria within a criterion. For example, you might create the Grammatical Skills criterion. Within it, you might create the Proper Usage in Writing and Proper Usage in Speaking criteria. In this way, criteria can have many levels.

To create rubric criteria:

  1. Log on to the District view.
  2. Select Assessment > Rubric Library.
  3. Select the rubric you want to create criteria for, and click Details on the Rubric Library side-tab.
  4. At the top of the page, click the Criteria sub-tab. The Criteria page appears.

  5. Criteria page

  1. Click Add Criterion to add a criterion to the rubric. The Rubric Criterion pop-up appears.

  2. Rubric Criterion pop-up

  1. Use the table to fill in the fields:

  2. Field

    Description

    Name

    Type a name.

    Report display

    Type the text you want to appear to indicate this criterion on a report, such as a description of the grade on a standards-based report card.

    Column header

    Type a column header, which appears at the top of the column on grade input pages.

    Discontinued?

    Select this checkbox to disable this criteria. If you select this checkbox, staff members can no longer enter values for it. The criterion displays on student transcripts and in the Gradebook only if it contains a value.

    Weight

    Type a value for the weight. The system applies this weight in consideration of other criteria for this rubric when calculating the rubric score.
    Required count

    Enter the number of nested (child) criteria that a teacher must score within the parent criteria.

    A warning message appears on the Scores page if the teacher enters more or fewer than the Required count.

    Example: The Language rubric has a parent criteria called Pattern recognition, which has three child criteria. If you enter 2 at this field, a teacher must enter scores for two of the three child criteria.

    Note: You must enable the Show parent columns in gradebook field for teachers to view this information on their Scores page.

    Description

    Type a description.

    Comment

    Type a comment.

    Rating Scale > Name

    Click Search icon. to select the rating scale you want to use for this criterion. This determines the set of ratings teachers can choose from for this criterion.
    Display type

    This field determines whether the rubric (reporting standard) can be linked to assignments, used for end-of-term grading purposes, or both. The field has three options.

    Note: The school must run the Prepare Reporting Standards Grading wizard to send the rubric and its criteria (reporting standards) to the Gradebook, regardless of which Display type is selected.

    • If Display type is set to Assignment Only:

      The rubric (reporting standard) and its criteria appear on the Standards sub-tab on the Assignment Details page for a teacher to view and align to assignments. The rubric (reporting standard) is not used for end-of-term grading purposes.

    • If Display type is set to Progress or Term Only:

      The rubric (reporting standard) is specifically used for end-of-term grading purposes, such as progress reports or report cards. When the school runs the Grade Input wizard, a grading column for the rubric (reporting standard) appears on the Gradebook Scores page (if there is a rubric column in the transcript definition). The rubric (reporting standard) does not appear on the Assignment Details page, and it cannot be aligned to assignments.

    • If Display type is set to Both:

      The teacher can align the rubric (reporting standard) to assignments, and a grading column for the rubric appears on the Gradebook Scores page (if there is a rubric column in the transcript definition), for end-of-term grading purposes.

    Notes:

    • The Display type setting affects both the parent criterion and any nested (child) criteria. If the parent criterion is set to Assignment Only, the child criteria can only be set to Assignment Only. If the parent criterion is set to Progress or Term Only, the child criteria can only be set to Progress or Term Only. If the parent criterion is set to Both, the child criteria can be set to Both, Assignment Only, or Progress or Term.

    • End-of-term grade calculations will include all rubric scores, even when the Display type field is set to Assignment Only.

    Report type

    Click this drop-down to select Both, Progress, or Term to determine when a teacher enters ratings for this criterion. The criterion appears as a column in the Gradebook during the appropriate times.

    Term map

    If this rubric is defined to appear in the Gradebook for only specific terms, a checkbox appears for the number of terms defined at the Term map field. Select the checkbox(es) that determine which terms teachers will grade this criterion.
  1. Click the Standards sub-tab to align this criterion to learning standards.
  1. Click Multi-Add to select standards to align to this criterion. These learning standards are then aligned to any assignments teachers associate with this criterion in the Gradebook.
  2. Click OK. The new criterion appears with the rating scale information.
  1. Click Refresh Ratings to view any changes you made to the rating scale.
  2. Repeat steps 6-10 to create all the criteria for the rubric.
  3. Click Show Hidden Descriptors to display any rubric rating scales that were hidden (District view, Assessment > Rubric Rating Scales > Details). Then, click Refresh Ratings. In the Refresh Ratings pop-up, select Refresh children ratings, and then click OK.
  4. Use the following tips to work with the criteria you add to the rubric:
    • At the top of the page, click Expand All to view the rating details for each criterion, and all levels of criteria for a criterion.
    • At the top of the page, click Collapse All to view only the list of criterion, without rating details.
    • Click Details next to any criterion name to view the detailed information you defined for the criterion.
    • Click the Delete icon Red X next to any specific rating to delete it from the criterion, or next to any criterion to delete the entire criterion.
    • Click Add Descriptor to add a rating specific to this criterion that the rating scale you select does not contain. For example, assume a criterion is very difficult to master, and you want to add a rating stating that although the student did not meet expectations, he or she demonstrated remarkable effort; you could create a rating just for that. Define the information for the rating.
    • To add another level of criteria for a criterion, click Add Criterion next to Add Descriptor. For example, you might create the Grammatical Skills criterion. Within it, you might create the Proper Usage in Writing and Proper Usage in Speaking criteria.
    • Click Sort Criteria Vertical arrows to sort the criteria you create. This sort affects how the criteria appear on grade input pages and report cards.
  5. Click Save to save all criteria information. Now, you need to attach this rubric to any courses that use it to enter grades.