Quality criteria are used by students and teachers to document a vision of excellence and ensure that submitted evidence of learning is of high quality. Unlike a rubric Quality Criteria provide a definition of the expected standard of quality and can be used to scaffold students to produce quality. The aim is that only quality work be acceptable. Sometimes a rubric such as this one can be used to scaffold students to produce only 5 star quality. An example of a rubric for five star book work - provided by Mallawa Public School NSW.