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Newsletter · Issue #05 · 5 September 2026 · 1 min read

Rubrics that actually save time

Three ways departments are cutting marking time with one shared rubric instead of four copies.

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Share, do not rebuild

Most departments rebuild the same rubric four times. Within a term the copies disagree and cross-class comparison stops meaning anything.

Show it before the task

Teachers who show the rubric before students start report noticeably less re-marking. Students write to the descriptors when they can see them.

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