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 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 references/metadata-schema.md. human_review_required: true — rubric descriptors must be reviewed for grade-level appropriateness.