For a discussion of rubrics see:
http://www.oct.ca/publications/professionally_speaking/march_2005/evalua...
Scroll down to “Good Rubrics”. This section will discuss the ICE rubric model which focuses on Ideas, Connections and Extensions. An example of an “ICE Rubric” is attached.

Guidelines for rubric development and a sample rubric template can be found at:
http://edweb.sdsu.edu/triton/july/rubrics/Rubric_Guidelines.html
and
http://edweb.sdsu.edu/triton/july/rubrics/Rubric_Template.html

For additional rubric samples see:
http://teachers.teach-nology.com/cgi-bin/research.cgi
and
http://www.teach-nology.com/cgi-bin/writing.cgi

A final rubric example “Analytic Trait Rubric” is attached.