Perspectives on Rubric Design and Construction

This concluding chapter shifts from implementing rubrics in different tertiary learning contexts to designing and constructing rubrics. It takes a more pragmatic perspective by outlining a process for constructing holistic marking rubrics to align course learning outcomes with the assessment intentions. In the first iteration, we construct a rubric using the more familiar matrix format before translating the information into the continuum model outlined by Grainger in Chapter 4. We then compare these two different formats for rubric design in terms of their constraining and enabling characteristics when it comes to employing them for making valid judgments about student learning.