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Performance Appraisal Rubric For Students

When I was a teacher, I had to give out grades following a standard, percentage-based formula: 90% or more = A, 80-89% = B, 70-79% = C, 60-69% = D, below 60% = F. Because that was simple, I could keep track of how everyone was doing with an Excel spreadsheet. However, some educators have felt it is an unfair system; hence, we hear of some courses graded on a curve. I proposed, but did not get to use, the system shown below. I wonder why it did not catch on?

Criterion	Excellent (A)	Above Average (B)	Average (C)	Below Average (D)	Poor (F)
Quality of Work	Able to leap tall buildings in a single bound	Needs a running start to leap over tall buildings	Can only leap over a short building, or a medium building with no spikes	Crashes into buildings when attempting to jump over them	Cannot recognize buildings, let alone jump over them
Timeliness	Faster than a speeding bullet	Is as fast as a speeding bullet	Not quite as fast as a speeding bullet	Would you believe a slow bullet?	Wounds self with bullets when attempting to use a gun
Effort & Initiative	More powerful than a locomotive	Is stronger than a bull elephant	Is stronger than a bull	Shoots the bull	Smells like a bull
Adaptability	Walks on water consistently	Walks on water in emergencies	Washes with water	Drinks Water	Passes water in emergencies
Communication Skills	Talks with God	Talks with the angels	Talks to self	Argues with self	Loses the arguments

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