A set of directions or guidelines for assessing a student's response or work sample, such as an oral report, is called a rubric.

• A. Sight word recognition
• B. Self-assessment
• C. Text readability
• D. Rubric

Answer: (D)

A rubric is a tool that lays out clear criteria for what counts as good work and describes different levels of performance for each criterion. It guides how a student’s response or project will be assessed, so both the teacher and student understand what quality looks like and what distinguishes, for example, a thorough, well-organized oral report from one that needs more development. When used, a rubric might include aspects such as organization, content accuracy, clarity, and delivery, with descriptors like excellent, proficient, or needs improvement. This makes scoring transparent and provides specific feedback for improvement. The other terms don’t fit because sight word recognition is about recognizing common words by sight, text readability is about how easy a text is to read, and self-assessment is when students evaluate their own work rather than a structured tool used to evaluate someone else’s work.