3.1.2

Rubrics & Comparative Judgment

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Rubrics

Rubrics use a set of criteria that determine the quality of an assessment. It is usually presented as a matrix.

Rubrics

Rubrics

  • The criteria used in the rubrics are based performance descriptors for the topic and are often ranked with justifiers, such as ‘satisfactory’, ‘good’, ‘outstanding’.
  • A study by Lipnivech et al (2014) showed that use of detailed rubrics can improve student writing.
Advantages of rubrics

Advantages of rubrics

  • They are quick to use with just ticks or highlighting.
  • They are specific to a topic.
  • If given before assessing, students can see the individual elements on which their assessment will be marked.
Disadvantages of rubrics

Disadvantages of rubrics

  • May present ambiguous language, such as ‘some’, ’clear’, ’coherent’.
  • It takes time to create them for each topic.
  • Cannot be collated into an overall grade.
  • Comparison between pupils is complex.
  • Do not allow for alternative approaches to a task.

Comparative Judgment

Comparative judgment is when you juxtapose two pieces of work to compare which is better. It is a quick, holistic judgement without any use of criteria or rubric.

Advantages

Advantages

  • There are websites that use algorithms and do the analytics for you.
  • Research shows it has a high level of reliability.
  • It is effective for longer pieces of written work.
  • It rank orders pupils’ work.
  • It is more reliable than absolute judgments.
Disadvantages

Disadvantages

  • For validity, it needs a large amount of comparers.
  • It does not give any specific feedback to students.
  • It needs several pieces of the same work to be compared.
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Assessment Methods

3.1.1Research on Assessments3.1.2Rubrics & Comparative Judgment3.1.3MCQs & Self-Assessment

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  1. 1
    What are the characteristics of comparative judgment?True / false
  2. 2
    Which of these is NOT true about comparative judgments?Multiple choice
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Research on Assessments

MCQs & Self-Assessment