Rubrics are essential piece of information that provides specific feedback for students to grow and learn from.

Students must be informed on what they are going to be assessed prior to testing to ensure they are aware of what they are being grading on

Having different assessment styles can enhance the learning that takes place. 

Utilizing the right tools can be what separates learning and just getting by with students.  We must understand the value it can bring in and out the classroom.

It is a good reminder to think of creating rubrics not as something that takes more time away; rather, it gives more time in the long run.

Using a metarubric should be a best practice for the effectiveness of your grading rubric.

Add review of rubric and suggest both self and peer assessment.  Suggest review of feedback on each assignment so that student can see gains/improvements. 

Knowing the rubrics for the course and explaining them to the students is of highest importance.  Design of rubrics is time-consuming, however, when done correctly, provides clarification for both student and instructor on where points are gained vs. lost for any particular assignment. 

Value-added assessments were presented in this section. They are helpful in that they give students a way of measuring their learning by comparing their current scores with prior ones.

It is not enough to assess with reliability in mind. An instructor also needs to consider validity to help ensure that the assessments are sound.