Time: ~25 min, with one rubric you actually use
Pairs with: From Good Enough to Clear and Fair
What this is for
A printable, fillable version of the Rubric Analysis Protocol exercise from From Good Enough to Clear and Fair. Use it on a rubric you already use — the goal is a single sheet of notes that becomes the input for The Rubric Optimizer: Deep Dive video.
Step 1 — Initial Assessment (about 5 minutes)
Read the rubric through once, without grading anything.
What stands out as particularly clear, or particularly confusing?
Which criteria seem most useful? Which seem least useful?
How long would this take to apply, fairly, to twenty-five student papers?
Step 2 — Dimension-by-Dimension Analysis (about 15 minutes)
Go through the rubric again with a pen. Mark the criteria directly.
Clarity — Circle any vague terms (good, adequate, limited, several, many). Underline any words students would not understand. Mark any pair of levels you cannot tell apart in practice.
Notes: ____________________________________________________________
Usability — Count the criteria. More than six is usually too many. Identify any that overlap. Note any criterion that is hard to observe in real student work.
Number of criteria: ______ Overlapping criteria: _____________________________________________ Hard-to-observe criteria: _________________________________________
Accuracy — Compare the rubric to your learning objectives for this assignment. What is missing? Check the language against the curriculum framework (IB criterion descriptors, AP scoring guidelines, CBSE marking scheme, IGCSE assessment objectives).
Missing pieces: ___________________________________________________ Curriculum mismatches: ____________________________________________
Ease of applicability — Think of three recent submissions. Could you score them quickly and confidently with this rubric? Would it help you write better feedback, or only justify a grade?
Notes: ____________________________________________________________
Step 3 — Prioritise (about 5 minutes)
Write down the three changes that would most improve the rubric.
Then write a single line at the top of the page naming your assessment intent — what this assignment is actually trying to assess.
Assessment intent: _______________________________________________
Your sheet should end with three labeled notes
Assessment intent: __________________________________
Vague criterion(s): _________________________________
Overlapping levels (or overlapping criteria): _______
These three labels are the exact terms the next video uses. Bring this sheet to The Rubric Optimizer: Deep Dive and compare what the system flags against your own observations.