What type of rubric works best for your purposes?
• Use a holistic rubric when:
o You want a quick snapshot of achievement.
o A single dimension is adequate to define quality.
• Use an analytic rubric when:
o You want to see relative strengths and weaknesses.
o You want detailed feedback.
o You want to assess complicated skills or performance.
o You want students to self-assess their understanding or performance.
• Use a general rubric when:
o You want to assess reasoning, skills and products.
o All students are not doing exactly the same task.
• Use a general rubric when:
o You want to assess knowledge.
o When consistency of scoring is extremely important.