| name | rubric-build |
| description | Build ONE rubric (criteria x performance levels) for a given objective or standard. Use this atom when assessment-designer or any workflow needs a scoring rubric for a task or assignment. Do NOT use for generating assessment items — that is atom-assessment-item. Do NOT use for scoring student work. |
rubric-build
Builds a single rubric with criteria rows and performance-level columns (e.g. Exceeds/Meets/Approaching/Below). Used by assessment-designer and reusable by any skill needing a scoring rubric aligned to an objective or standard.
Input
{
"objective": "Students will analyze character motivation using text evidence.",
"grade": "7",
"subject": "ELA",
"levels": 4,
"level_labels": ["Exceeds", "Meets", "Approaching", "Below"],
"standard_code": "ELA.7.R.1.1"
}
Output
{
"tool": "rubric-build",
"rubric": {
"objective": "Students will analyze character motivation using text evidence.",
"criteria": [
{
"criterion": "Identification of character motivation",
"levels": {
"Exceeds": "Identifies multiple motivations with nuanced text evidence",
"Meets": "Identifies primary motivation with supporting evidence",
"Approaching": "Identifies motivation but evidence is vague",
"Below": "Does not identify character motivation"
}
}
]
},
"standard_code": "ELA.7.R.1.1",
"human_review_required": true
}
Do NOT use this atom for
- Generating assessment items (use atom-assessment-item)
- Scoring or grading student work
- Building multi-objective rubrics (call once per objective)
Pipeline note
Follows references/method.md at the Generation step (rubric construction). Output conforms to protocol-layer/metadata-schema.md. human_review_required: true — rubric descriptors must be reviewed for grade-level appropriateness.
