DRAFT I: WRITTEN COMMUNICATION RUBRIC
Directions:
This rubric serves as a tool for assessing students’ written communication skills, as defined in FSU’s Undergraduate Education
Initiative (UEI). This form can be used for assessing individual students’ work. It can also tally and display learning outcomes data
for an individual course or for numerous course offerings over a given time period.
INSTRUCTOR/STUDENT NAME:
Learning Objectives
COURSE:
Below
Expectations
Meets
Expectations
Above
Expectations
Thesis
Students are able to formulate a thesis statement based in part
on analysis and evaluation of appropriate source material.
Support
Students are able to support a thesis by synthesizing their own
ideas with the ideas of others.
Organization
Students are able to logically organize the support according to
the demands of content and audience expectations.
Language
Students are able to express their ideas in writing that is readable
(clear, concise, and coherent) and correct (relatively free of
distracting errors of grammar, punctuation, spelling,
capitalization, and usage).
Information Literacy
Students are able to draw on controlled sources in their writing,
bringing in and synthesizing the words and ideas of other writers
with appropriate documentation.
Adapted from:
Freshman Composition UEI Assessment of Basic Writing Rubric. Spring 2010 version. Frostburg State University
Updated 5/27/2010