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Success criteria

Meaning in education & teaching, with examples

nounCommon term

In education & teaching, success criteria means: Short, clear statements that tell students what they need to do or include in their work to show they have met the learning objective.

In Turkish: başarı ölçütleri, başarı kriterleri

How it is used

Common in British, Australian and New Zealand schools as part of assessment for learning. Teachers share or co-construct success criteria with the class, and students use them to check their own or a partner's work. Criteria is plural; the singular is criterion.

Example sentences

  1. Our success criteria for this paragraph are a topic sentence, two pieces of evidence and a linking sentence.

  2. Check your work against the success criteria before you hand it in.

Common collocations

  • share the success criteria
  • co-construct success criteria
  • check against the success criteria
  • meet the criteria
  • learning objectiveA short statement of what students should know or be able to do by the end of a lesson or unit, written so that the teacher can check whether it was achieved.
  • rubricA scoring guide that lists the criteria for a task and describes what work looks like at each level of quality, so that marking is clear and consistent.
  • peer assessmentAn activity in which students give feedback on or score each other's work, usually using clear criteria or a rubric provided by the teacher.
  • formative assessmentAssessment that takes place during learning to check how students are progressing and to adjust teaching, rather than to give a final grade.

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