A Comparative Study on Rubrics and its Impact on Program Outcomes for the Project Work of under Graduate Program

The National board of accreditation (NBA) has specified the program out comes for all programs, which are the prime focus for outcome based education in present engineering education system. With the project work of under graduate program, one can achieve the maximum number program outcome, as this subject comes beyond the boundaries. In their final year project, the student has been assessed on the basis of preparedness for industry, practical knowledge, communication skill, writing skills and other professional skills required for engineering profession. The rubrics of evaluation plays an important role, as correctly constructed rubric will result in a time efficient and consistent grading process for both teacher and student. The objective of this paper is to perform the comparative study on rubrics for two academic years and to measure its impact on program outcomes. In the present evaluation system three phases for the project evaluation have been taken and for each phase rubrics are clearly defined, then program outcomes have been calculated for each phase. Further, the results with this system of evaluation have been discussed in detail. The evaluations of the project by an industry expert which help to bridge the gap between industry and academia has also been discussed. The proposed rubric shows better results towards the distribution of the grades and attainment of program outcome for the same course outcome in two different academic years.