RUBRICS IN GRAMMAR

WHAT IS A RUBRIC?

• A rubric is a scoring guide used to evaluate performance, a product, or a project.

• It has three parts:

1) performance criteria;

2) rating scale; and

3) indicators.

For you and your students, the rubric defines what is expected and what will be assessed.
 TYPES OF RUBRICS
HOLISTIC RUBRICS
• single criteria rubrics (one-dimensional) used to assess participants' overall achievement on
an activity or item based on predefined achievement levels;
• performance descriptions are written in paragraphs and usually in full sentences.
ANALYTIC RUBRICS
• two-dimensional rubrics with levels of achievement as columns and assessment criteria as
rows. Allows you to assess participants' achievements based on multiple criteria using a
single rubric. You can assign different weights (value) to different criteria and include an
overall achievement by totaling the criteria;
• written in a table form.
 HOLISTIC
RUBRIC
SCORE DESCRIPTION
Inadequate
1  very weak command of grammatical structure with errors frequently threatening communication
 very limited range of grammatical pattern; practically all simple sentences with little use of modifiers
 very poor command of cohesive devices, leading to bald disjointed texts

Below par
 excessive frequency of grammatical errors, some of which threaten communication
2  inadequate grammatical pattern; too sparse use of modifiers and complex sentence
 inadequate command of cohesive devices
 excessive frequency of unacceptable words

Adequate
 moderate number of grammatical errors but rarely impairing communication
3  reasonable range of grammatical pattern in clause and sentence
 reasonable command of cohesive devices
 reasonable appropriateness and range of lexis, though with some defects

Good
4  few grammatical errors and not affecting communication
 varied, flexible, and appropriate use of grammatical, lexical, and cohesive elements

Excellent
5  Indistinguishable from a well-educated native speaker in the use of standard written English, range of language, organization of content, relevance
and appropriateness
 ANALYTIC
RUBRIC
STANDARDS
Adequate Competent Good Excellent
Criteria
(1) (2) (3) (4)
Demonstrates limited Demonstrates some knowledge Demonstrates considerable Demonstrates thorough and
Knowledge of forms,
knowledge of forms, of forms, conventions, knowledge of forms, insightful knowledge of forms,
conventions, terminology, and
conventions, terminology, and terminology, and strategies conventions, terminology, and conventions, terminology, and
strategies relative to the
strategies relative to importance relative to importance of strategies relative to importance strategies relative to importance
importance of sources to subject
of sources to subject sources to subject of sources to subject of sources to subject
Uses critical and creative Uses critical and creative Uses critical and creative Uses critical and creative
Critical and creative thinking
thinking skills with limited thinking skills with moderate thinking skills with thinking skills with a high
skills
effectiveness effectiveness considerable effectiveness degree of effectiveness
Communication of information Communicates information and
Communicates information and Communicates information and Communicates information and
and idea ideas with a high degree of
idea with limited clarity ideas with some clarity ideas with considerable clarity
clarity and with confidence
Argument takes on a fair and Argument bridges on the Argument is complex and
Argument is simple and
expected position, and the complex and original, and the original, and the writing is
Quality of argument and writing unoriginal, and the writing is
writing is moderately clear and writing is clear and coherent strong, fluid, and creatively
weak and inconsistent
coherent coherent
Several errors in spelling and A few errors in spelling and Some errors in spelling and No errors in spelling and
Spelling and grammar
grammar grammar grammar grammar