Sometimes called a marking rubric or grading rubric. Distinct from a checklist — rubrics describe levels of quality per criterion, not just presence or absence.
An assessment rubric is a structured set of criteria used to evaluate a deliverable. Each criterion has a weight and a set of described levels — typically four or five — covering what good, average, and weak work looks like.
The practical use is twofold. Reviewers use the rubric to give consistent feedback across many submissions. Learners use it to plan, self-assess, and revise before submission. The rubric is most powerful when it is published before the work begins, so the criteria for success are visible from the start.
Every Ewance challenge ships with a designed rubric — typically four criteria, weights summing to 100, each criterion described across the levels of work the platform will accept. Students see the rubric before they start. Reviewers use the same rubric. Recruiters reading a credential see the criteria the student was assessed against.
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