Scoring & evidence
Rubric
Explicit criteria describing what a good answer or deliverable must contain.
Definition
A rubric breaks a task into observable requirements that can be checked by a person, deterministic program or model judge.
Why it matters
Rubrics make complex professional work more auditable than a single subjective quality score.
Related concepts
- Metric
A defined quantity used to assess an aspect of performance.
- LLM-as-judge
Using a language model to grade another system's output.
- Human baseline
Performance achieved by an appropriate group of people on the same task.