Final Year Project

Project Title

A Critical Case Study: Standardized Rubrics, Diverse Realities, and the Pursuit of Equity in Undergraduate Assessment at Habib University.

Description

My research examines how standardized grading rubrics at Habib University affect students from diverse socioeconomic, linguistic, and academic backgrounds. While the university acknowledges unequal starting points through support services, assessment practices largely treat all students as if working under identical conditions. Through interviews with students and faculty, the project explores whether rubrics embed assumptions about an "ideal student," how students perceive fairness given their material realities, and how instructors navigate the tension between standardization and equity. The findings aim to surface where grading practices reinforce structural inequality and where more contextually sensitive assessment approaches might better serve a genuinely diverse undergraduate population.