Co-Created Rubrics: Prioritizing Transparency, Equity, and Relevance in Course Assessment
Prioritizing transparency, equity, and relevance in course assessment
Lina Eskew
Session Facilitator: Lina Eskew (Searle Center)
Introduction
How do we ensure clarity, equity, and relevance in course assessments? How can educators and students collaboratively craft rubrics that don’t just serve as a scoring guide but promote clearer, more inclusive assessment methods that align with course learning outcomes and students’ diverse learning experiences?
While rubrics are an integral part of assessment toolkits, the challenge lies in making them transparent, inclusive, and in alignment with our course learning outcomes. In this session, we delve deeply into the significance of course rubrics for equitable assessment. We will shed light on the limitations of traditional rubrics, which often fail to represent the myriad voices of students and introduce rubric co-creation as an equitable approach. Participants will engage in rubric analysis and design techniques that will minimize ambiguity in the assessment process and maximize the academic success of all students.
- Recognizing the limitations of traditional rubrics
- Unpacking the process of rubric design co-creation to prioritize transparency and equity
- Reflecting on how the concept of co-created rubrics can be infused into their learning and teaching context
Session recording
Slides and resources
- Slide deck
- Session Transcript (Word document)
- Talking points (Padlet)
- Assessing Learning in Courses (Searle Center)
- Higher Ed Examples and Resources (TILT)
- Transparency Framework (NILOA)
- Value Rubrics (AAC&U)
