In plain English
These are the points someone looks at when deciding how good work or performance is. They can be general standards or particular aspects used for that judgement.
In context
Here, "criteria" names the standards or specific aspects in the rubric that the work is judged against.
- Situation
- Submitting assignments, reading rubrics, grades, feedback, and resubmission rules
- What it communicates
- labels the judged categories within a rubric
Meaning limits
The term by itself does not say how many standards there are or how important each one is.
Examples
“The committee scored each presentation against the same three criteria.”
“Before submitting the essay, Mina reread the criteria in the rubric and revised her conclusion.”