What is rubric?
Quick answer
A rubric is a published table that sets out what is being assessed and what each level of performance looks like, so students and teachers judge work against the same standard.
The NASCA assessment rubric is public, so schools, parents and students can all read the same criteria.
In context
Publishing the rubric before the work starts is what makes assessment fair and feedback specific.
It also makes moderation across teachers possible, which is where most school assessment quietly falls apart.
In a NASCA classroom
The NASCA assessment rubric is public, so schools, parents and students can all read the same criteria.
Related terms
Portfolio assessment
Portfolio assessment judges a student on a curated body of real work produced over time, rather than on a single timed examination.
Formative assessment
Formative assessment is low-stakes checking during learning, used to adjust teaching while there is still time to act, as opposed to summative assessment which reports at the end.
AI literacy
AI literacy is the ability to recognise where AI is being used, understand roughly how it works, judge its output, and decide when using it is appropriate.