Build a clean analytic or holistic rubric in minutes — criteria, performance levels, descriptors and points — then copy it as a table or export a print-ready PDF or CSV. Everything happens in your browser.
Switching to holistic keeps one overall row; your criteria are restored if you switch back.
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The rubric exists only on this page until you export it — nothing is uploaded or saved on our side.
Scale: 1–4 points per criterion
| Criterion | Exemplary (4) | Proficient (3) | Developing (2) | Beginning (1) |
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The export is free too — leave an email and it unlocks. Only your email and the tool's name are sent, never your rubric.
Grading with this rubric still means juggling paper or spreadsheets. Import it into StudyDrome and grade against it directly — with per-criterion analytics across the whole cohort.
See how StudyDrome grades with rubricsDescribe observable performance, not effort or attitude: a good descriptor says what the work shows (“thesis sustained in every paragraph”), not what the student is (“hard-working”). Keep the language parallel across levels so the only thing that changes from column to column is the quality being described.
Fewer, clearer criteria beat exhaustive lists — most classroom rubrics work best with 3–5 criteria and 3–5 levels. Reviews of rubric research find that well-constructed rubrics improve scoring consistency and make expectations transparent to students, and that their formative value comes from students using them, not just seeing grades through them.
Want a rubric without the builder? The template library has ready-to-edit analytic and holistic rubric templates as XLSX — the static siblings of this tool, from the same cited starters.
Browse the rubric templates →No. The rubric lives in your browser tab until you export it. The only network calls this page makes are anonymous aggregate counters (which tool, which action), and — only if you use it — the export form, which sends your email address and nothing else. Refreshing the page clears the rubric, so export before you leave.
Analytic rubrics score each criterion separately — best when you want diagnostic feedback ("strong evidence, weak organization") or when several graders need to stay consistent. Holistic rubrics describe overall performance per level — faster for high-volume, low-stakes grading. If in doubt, start analytic; you can switch modes without losing your work.
Turn on weighting and give each criterion a percentage; the percentages must total 100. A student's weighted score is each criterion's level points (as a share of the top level) times its weight — so the rubric scores out of 100%. Leave weighting off and every criterion counts equally, out of criteria × top-level points.
Here you build and export. To grade with it — collect submissions, score per criterion, and see per-criterion analytics across your class — import the rubric into StudyDrome, which does exactly that on every assessment.
Yes. Building and the markdown copy need nothing at all; the PDF/CSV export asks only for an email address. The tool exists so you can see the kind of assessment workflow StudyDrome automates. There's also a downloadable template library with printable rubrics, test blueprints and OSCE station templates at /resources/templates.