Secondary School Teachers' Ability to Understand Scoring Rubric and Practices

The aim of this study was to analyze the teachers ‘understanding of rubric and its applications. The researchers gave ten written compositions to 10 th class students of Government High Schools. Ten secondary school teachers were purposively selected from various government schools of District Dir (L)and they were requested to mark the students test. The selected examiners were those who frequently check the secondary board papers. The researcher interviewed the examiners personally. The school teachers are responsible for the assessment of their students and have long seen the value of assessment rubrics. But the rubrics have been largely ignored in higher secondary schools. Moreover, all the secondary school teachers had criteria in their mind to evaluate something. On the bases of analysis of interview recommendations were made.