What is a recommended practice when sharing rubrics with EMC learners?

• A. Keep rubrics hidden until grading.
• B. Use rubrics only for weekly quizzes.
• C. Provide clear expectations, discuss descriptors, and involve students in goal-setting and self-assessment.
• D. Use rubrics not aligned to standards.

Answer: (C)

The main idea here is making expectations transparent for learners by sharing rubrics and actively involving them in goal-setting and self-assessment. When students see clear expectations and descriptors, they understand what quality work looks like and what different levels of performance mean. Discussing those descriptors with students helps them interpret feedback, pinpoint specific areas to improve, and set concrete goals. Bringing students into the process of goal-setting and self-assessment turns feedback into an ongoing learning activity that builds metacognition and ownership over their progress. Using rubrics across tasks and aligning them with standards ensures the feedback students receive is meaningful and consistent with what they are expected to learn.

Keep rubrics open so students can reference them as they plan, revise, and reflect. Relying on rubrics only for weekly quizzes limits their usefulness, and rubrics that aren’t aligned to standards can mislead students about what’s valued.