This new edition retains the appeal, clarity and practicality that made the first so successful, and continues to provide a fundamental introduction to the principles and purposes of rubrics, with guidance on how to construct them, use them to align course content to learning outcomes, and apply them in a wide variety of courses, and to all forms of assignment. Reflecting developments since publication of the first edition, the authors have extended coverage to include: * Expanded discussion on use of rubrics for grading * Grading on-line with rubrics * Wider coverage of rubric types (e.g., holistic, rating scales) * Explicit treatment of rubric construction in student affairs * Pros and cons of working with "ready-made" rubrics * Using rubrics to improve your teaching, for developing a teaching, and for SoTL * Use of rubrics in program assessment (case study) * Application of rubrics in the arts, for study abroad, service learning and students#xE2;#xAC;" independent learning * Up-dated literature review

Dannelle D. Stevens is a tenured professor in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction at Portland State University where she has been since 1994. Whether the topic is rubrics, journal writing, action research, or academic writing, how adults reflect on what they do and act on those reflections is the centerpiece of her work. She is coauthor of Journal Keeping with Joanne Cooper. Antonia J. Levi is a professor of modern Japanese history, and taught for many years in the University Studies Program at Portland State.