Rubrics and alternatives

You can do evaluative reasoning any way you choose. So... how else might you do it?

I was an evaluator for ten years before I heard of rubrics.

True story. I was leading a team of evaluators. We were applying sound research methods and writing decent reports. I thought we were pretty good at it.

One day I prepared a draft evaluation framework and I asked my friend and colleague Kataraina Pipi to peer review it for me. Her main feedback…