Rubric Maker

How to make a grading rubric

A grading rubric is a grid that turns subjective judgment into consistent numbers. Each row is something you are grading (a criterion); each column is how well a student did (a performance level); each cell holds the points for that combination. When every piece of work is scored on the same grid, grades stop feeling arbitrary.

1. Add criteria and levels. This page starts with four criteria and four levels (Excellent, Good, Fair, Poor). Use + Criterion and + Level to grow the grid, or the × buttons to shrink it.
2. Rename everything. Click any criterion name or level label and type your own — "Thesis statement", "Needs work", whatever fits your assignment.
3. Set the point values. Type a number into every cell. The highest value in each row is what the tool treats as that row's maximum.
4. Score a student. Click one cell per row — the total, maximum, and percentage update instantly in the Results panel. Click a selected cell again to undo it.
5. Print it. Hit Print rubric for a clean handout (clear the scores first if you want a blank rubric to fill in by hand).

How to calculate rubric score

A rubric score is simple arithmetic: add up the points of the selected cell in each row to get the total, then divide by the maximum possible total and multiply by 100. If a student's selected cells add up to 18 and the rubric's maximum is 24, the score is 75%. The Results panel on this page does that calculation live, so you never do it by hand.