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name: rubric-design-and-aligned-feedback description: "Criterion-referenced rubrics, comment banks, and calibration guidance for fair grading."

Rubric design and aligned feedback

Read academic-learning-context and learning-objectives-and-bloom-alignment first.

Rubric structure

• Criteria — 4–7 dimensions max (clarity, correctness, evidence, etc.).
• Levels — 3–4 levels with behavioral descriptors, not adjectives ("excellent").
• Weights — sum to 100%; align with what was taught.

Feedback rules

• Tie every comment to a criterion + level.
• One strength and one next step per major section minimum.
• Avoid personality judgments; describe the work.

Calibration

• Grade 3 anchor papers independently, then reconcile deltas with the instructor.

Output

• Rubric table + comment bank snippets mapped to criteria.
• A regrade request policy blurb for the syllabus.