rubric

  1. Noun.  A heading in a book highlighted in red.
  2. Noun.  A title of a category or a class.
  3. Noun.  An established rule or custom, a guideline.
  4. Noun.  (education) A printed set of scoring criteria for evaluating student work and for giving feedback.

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