5. Organize the grading criteria and point values into a table.
Organizing a chart that you can fill in as you work through each assignment will streamline your grading process and give the students something concrete to look at when they get their paper back. It tends to be a lot more helpful in guiding them towards areas for improvement than a big letter grade scrawled in red ink.
- Place each objective or task in its own row, making the different possibilities for points at the top of each column. List the expectations for each quality level under each the heading. The headings should be in order from the lowest quality to the highest quality or vice versa, depending on your preference.