I had a consult with a faculty member, and he mentioned the placement of the rubric on the Assignment page in Student View because it is not in an optimal location. 

If a faculty member has a detailed assignment description and a lengthy rubric, then the assignment page become very long and cumbersome, especially when the assignment submission area is below the rubric placing. This means the students has to scroll all the way to the bottom of the page before they can get to the submission area.

In an earlier iteration of this feature, the rubric was a separate tab students could click to view. I'm not sure if that is possible to go back to, but the current state is not good.