Scoring rubrics are based on criteria and define what the criteria mean and how they are used. An assessment where an individual's performance is compared to a specific learning objective or performance standard and not to the performance of other students. Criterion-referenced assessment tells us how well students are performing on specific goals or standards rather that just telling how their performance compares to a norm group of students nationally or locally. In criterion-referenced assessments, it is possible that none, or all, of the examinees will reach a particular goal or performance standard. Desired knowledge or skills measured in an assessment and usually represented in a scoring rubric .
Equity is the concern for fairness, i.e., that assessments are free from bias or favoritism.
An assessment that is fair enables all children to show what they can do. When used for most educational settings, evaluation means to measure, compare, and judge the quality of student work, schools, or a specific educational program. An individual question or exercise in an assessment or evaluative instrument. An assessment where student performance or performances are compared to a larger group. Students, schools, districts, and even states are compared or rank-ordered in relation to the norm group.