Grading Essays and Projects

Grading Essays and Projects

by Leo Kinuthia -

One of the ways to avoid highly subjective grading of essays and projects is to grade using a rubric. A rubric ensures that subjective work is not influenced by external ...

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One of the ways to avoid highly subjective grading of essays and projects is to grade using a rubric. A rubric ensures that subjective work is not influenced by external factors e.g. personal biases. It standardizes the grading criteria and helps the students know what is/was critical in the assessment. In a way, rubrics provide objective grading for subjective work. Do you want to up your game in grading essays and projects? Then click on the link below for information on using rubrics.

https://manoa.hawaii.edu/assessment/resources/creating-and-using-rubrics/