National Education Policy- 2020 and Rubric Based Assessment in Higher Education

This paper highlights the need of using rubric-based assessment in higher education in reference to NEP- 2020 as one of the updated methods of assessment with the help of educational technologies, concentrating on 21st-century skills. The rubric is one of the important tools for assessing the student's performance. It clearly determines the achievement criteria covering all the elements of a student's performance, whether it is oral, written or activity based. The present paper focuses on the concept of the rubric as an important measure of assessment for the students of higher classes, when and how to develop the rubric, and the steps to follow it. A rubric is very helpful for both students and teachers. In terms of students, it makes the learning target clear to the students which helps them to have a clear idea about what they need to learn to get a better result, instead of doing guesswork.The rubric also clears the doubts of the students regarding what they are supposed to do, and what should be the quality of their performance in a given assignment or project. For teachers and administrators, the rubric plays an equally important role for both. It enables both to assess the students' performance more objectively and fairly since they know what to look for. Thus,the rubric eliminates favouritism and biased thinking. Therefore, the rubric is very essential to be included in the evaluation process because it increases objectivity and transparency and clarifies the dimensions and areas of performance assessment.