> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://fracturestudio.mintlify.site/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Rubric Grading: Grade Your Draft Against Any Rubric

> Paste in any rubric alongside your draft to get criterion-by-criterion scores, detailed explanations, and ranked improvement advice.

Rubric Grading mode does something none of the other modes do: it evaluates your draft against the specific scoring criteria your grader will actually use. Instead of a general argument or essay audit, you get a criterion-by-criterion breakdown that mirrors how a teacher, judge, or evaluator will read your work — with score estimates, explanations, and targeted fixes for each category on the rubric you provide.

## How It Works

**1. Paste Your Rubric**

Copy your assignment rubric, competition scoring guide, or test scoring criteria into the rubric field in the Studio.

**2. Paste Your Draft**

Paste your writing into the draft field as you would for any other mode.

**3. Run Fracture in Rubric Grading Mode**

Set the mode to **Rubric Grading** and run the analysis. Fracture reads both inputs together and scores your draft against the criteria you provided.

**4. Read the Criterion-by-Criterion Breakdown**

Review each scored criterion in the report. Each one shows a score estimate, an explanation, and specific advice for improving that category.

## What You Get

* **Score estimate for each criterion** — a point value earned out of the points possible for that category, based on your rubric
* **Specific explanation of why each criterion earned its score** — not a generic comment, but a reading of your actual draft against that specific category
* **Exactly what would move each category up** — concrete, actionable changes tied to the rubric's own language and standards
* **Priority fixes ordered by how much they improve your overall score** — so you focus revision time where it closes the most points

## When to Use It

Rubric Grading mode is most valuable when the scoring criteria are explicit and you can paste them in directly:

* Assignment submissions with a posted rubric or grading guide
* Standardized test essays graded on published criteria (such as AP, IB, or SAT essay rubrics)
* Competition entries evaluated against a formal scoring sheet
* Any draft where you know the categories and point values your grader will use

> [!NOTE]
>
> Fracture evaluates your draft against the rubric you provide. If your rubric uses vague or subjective criteria — for example, "creativity" with no further definition — the score estimate for that category will reflect that ambiguity. For the most useful output, paste in rubrics that define what each score level looks like.

> [!TIP]
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> After you revise your draft, run Rubric Grading mode again with the same rubric. The new report shows updated scores for each criterion, so you can see exactly which categories improved and which ones still need work — without guessing whether your edits moved the needle.

## Next Steps

> **[Essay Mode](https://fracturestudio.mintlify.site/modes/essay.md)**
>
> Use Essay mode when you do not have a rubric but want structured feedback on academic writing craft.

> **[Argument Mode](https://fracturestudio.mintlify.site/modes/argument.md)**
>
> Use Argument mode when your rubric rewards logical structure, claims, and evidence.

> **[Exporting Reports](https://fracturestudio.mintlify.site/features/exporting-reports.md)**
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> Export your rubric grading report to share with a teacher, tutor, or study group.

> **[Source Verification](https://fracturestudio.mintlify.site/features/source-verification.md)**
>
> See how Fracture checks the factual claims in your draft against public sources.


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