What is a Community
Rubric?
A community rubric

Contains specified
criteria that can be
adapted based on
teaching styles,
expertise, disciplinary
conventions, and
course level.
A community rubric

Can be used to assess the degree to which a
student has achieved one of the Campus-wide
Outcomes.
A community rubric

Is a public document and is the centerpiece
for conversations about a given ability with
students, other faculty, administrators, and
the community.
A community rubric

Contains the primary indicators of
performance criteria for each Campus-wide
Outcome, not the content of the class in which
it is being taught and assessed.
A community rubric

Contains criteria
general enough that
they can be adapted to
Transfer, Ready to
Work, Basic Skills,
Lifelong Learning
contexts, etc.
A community rubric

A community rubric focuses on dimensions
of key behavior, examples of behaviors, and
scales that rank the performance of the
behavior.
What A Community Rubric Isn’t

A standardized way to
assess Campus-wide
Outcomes in all
courses. It is meant to
be a tool for instructors
to adapt to use in their
individual courses or
program.

Something that all
instructors would be
mandated to use.
Instructors can elect to
use and adapt them or
not use them as the
instructor sees fit for
his/her course.
What A Community Rubric Isn’t

It does not have to be used verbatim. Instructors can use
just parts of the rubric (certain competencies), adapt the
language, etc.