"Teachers provide students with examples of outstanding disciplinary-based products such as an essay, research paper, musical composition, mathematical proof, or scientific lab report, which students analyze to determine the common characteristics and develop assessment rubrics. They then apply the rubric to test rubric viability."

"Teachers often have students examine models of exemplary work so that they learn the standards of the field, have a pattern for their own work, and can understand the “bar” by which they might evaluate the work of others. This LAT helps teach students how to identify the features of excellent work and allows them to internalize the meaning of high standards. It also results in a set of grading rubrics that contain explicit criteria and standards that guide students as they complete their assignments and allow them to self-assess their own work. Finally, involving students in the process of developing the rubrics can be motivating to them." — Learning Assessment Techniques, Barkley, EF and Major, CH, 2016.