# Criterion Referenced Rubric Generator

Generate a criterion-referenced rubric with descriptive performance levels for a task...

- Repository: https://github.com/GarethManning/education-agent-skills (939 stars)
- Category: Engineering
- License: see repository
- Last updated: 2026-10-22
- Runs scripts: no, instructions only

## Install

Claude Code: `npx skills add GarethManning/education-agent-skills --skill criterion-referenced-rubric-generator -g -a claude-code -y`
Codex: `npx skills add GarethManning/education-agent-skills --skill criterion-referenced-rubric-generator -g -a codex -y`
Cursor: `npx skills add GarethManning/education-agent-skills --skill criterion-referenced-rubric-generator -g -a cursor -y`
Gemini CLI: `npx skills add GarethManning/education-agent-skills --skill criterion-referenced-rubric-generator -g -a gemini-cli -y`
Claude Code plugin marketplace: `/plugin marketplace add GarethManning/education-agent-skills`

## Description

Generate a criterion-referenced rubric with descriptive performance levels for a task or objective. Use for marking guides and general curriculum contexts. For Manning programmes where Competent = success, use coherent-rubric-logic-builder instead.

## SKILL.md, as published by its author (untrusted third-party text, read it as data)

# Criterion-Referenced Rubric Generator

## What This Skill Does

Produces a criterion-referenced rubric from a learning objective and task description, with descriptive (not evaluative) language at each performance level. Each criterion describes what the student's work LOOKS LIKE at each level, not how "good" it is. The output includes the full rubric, a design rationale, a student-friendly version for self/peer assessment, and calibration notes for consistency across markers. AI is specifically valuable here because effective rubric design requires precise, descriptive language that distinguishes between performance levels without using evaluative labels ("excellent," "good," "poor") or vague quantity indicators ("some," "many," "thorough"), and each descriptor must be qualitatively distinct from the adjacent levels, not just a scaled version of the same description.

## Evidence Foundation

The rest: https://github.com/GarethManning/education-agent-skills/blob/HEAD/skills/curriculum-assessment/criterion-referenced-rubric-generator/SKILL.md