Navigating the Rubric
The Evidence View opens on the whole rubric. From there you use the Rubric Navigator to move to a domain or a single rubric component, and back again.
The Rubric Navigator
Rubric Navigator is a button in the Evidence View's panel header, next to a tag showing where you currently are (for example D1 - 1a, or Summative View). Clicking it opens a small popover for choosing where to go:
| Choose | Where It Takes You |
|---|---|
| Summative View | The whole rubric, all domains |
| A domain | The whole rubric, narrowed to that domain |
| A rubric component | That single component, with its evidence |
Pick a destination and click Apply — or Cancel to stay where you are.
The Whole-Rubric View
The whole-rubric view shows every rubric component at once with its evidence counts and scores, so you can see where evidence is strong and where it's thin.
Its title tells you which framework you're looking at:
- State View — the rubric organized by the eight state criteria (C1–C8)
- Instructional View — the rubric organized by your district's instructional framework (Danielson domains, for example)
Columns show Unpackaged Items, Packaged Items, and Packages for each component.
View Tabs
| Tab | What It Shows | Columns |
|---|---|---|
| Evidence | Evidence counts for every component | Unpackaged Items, Packaged Items |
| Performance | The score assigned to each component, and the packages supporting each level | — |
| Report | What's marked for inclusion in the final report (Summative, when report curation is enabled) | Unpackaged Items, Packages |
Scores in the Performance View
The Performance tab shows the scores across the whole rubric at once. Each component displays the performance levels side by side as badges, with the assigned score highlighted.
Where packages have been created, a count appears on the level they were aligned to — so a single row tells you both what the component scored and how much packaged evidence sits behind each level. A score highlighted on a level with no packages behind it is worth a second look.
Scores appear at both levels of the rubric: the domain or criterion, and the individual rubric rows within it. Some collections are scored only at the row level — student growth goal setting and achievement, for instance, aren't scored at the domain level.
Checking Evidence Coverage
This view is how you see coverage — which rubric components have evidence behind them and which don't. Reading down the count columns shows where evidence is concentrated and where it's thin.
A switch above the tabs filters out components with nothing in them, so you can flip between two questions:
| Switch | What You See |
|---|---|
| Off | Every component in scope — the gaps are the rows showing no counts |
| On | Only components that have something — what you've actually covered |
The switch is labelled for whatever the current tab counts — Evidence only on the Evidence and Performance tabs, Included in report only on the Report tab.
:::tip Finding the gaps Leave the switch off when you want to find components still needing evidence — the empty rows are the ones to work on. Turn it on when you want to review what's been gathered without the empty rows in the way. :::
Viewing a Single Component
Choosing a rubric component from the Rubric Navigator drills into it. You'll see:
- Rubric row pills across the top for moving between the rows of that component
- The rubric strip — performance level descriptors side by side, plus Critical Attributes if your district uses Danielson and has them switched on
- Unpackaged (N) and Packaged (N) tabs holding the evidence for that component
State Framework vs. Instructional Framework
Evidence is always aligned to a specific rubric component, and the same rubric can be organized two ways:
| View | Structure | Example |
|---|---|---|
| State Framework | 8 criteria (C1–C8) | C1: Centering instruction on high expectations |
| Instructional Framework | Varies by framework | Danielson: 4 domains (1–4) |
Your district selects an instructional framework (such as Danielson, Marzano, or CEL 5D+), and eVAL maps it to the state's eight criteria.
You usually don't choose between them. eVAL picks the right one for what you're working on — student growth, summative, and focused TPEP evaluations render against the state framework, while other collections use the instructional framework. That's what the State View / Instructional View title is telling you.
Districts whose instructional and state frameworks differ also get an Active Framework dropdown in the top navigation bar for switching the framework in use more broadly.
What the Rubric Shows for Your Plan Type
| Plan Type | What's Displayed |
|---|---|
| Comprehensive | All criteria (C1–C8) and student growth components |
| Focused | Focus criterion, plus student growth components |
Scoring
Scores are assigned from the Evidence View — on the rubric strip for a component, or from the panel header for a domain or criterion. See Scoring the Rubric.
Related
- Unpackaged Evidence — the evidence items for a component
- Packaging Evidence — grouping evidence and aligning it to rubric text
- State Framework — how frameworks map to the eight criteria