Grading Rubric for any assignment requiring students to submit an outline or a paper or project that will be completed in a future assignment
Grading Rubric,
Project/Paper Outlines
2011
Value for column and
grade equivalent
Criteria
F (0)
D (13.00)
C (15.00)
B (17.00)
A (20.00)
Appropriate Format:
Uses specified format, style
and length.
Paper, including in-text
and reference page
citations, sentence outline
format not used; does not
adhere to length
requirements. No
submission.
Significant number of
careless errors in grammar,
spelling and/or syntax per
page. Shows a significant
lack of proofreading effort.
Paper, including in-text and
reference page citations,
partially used full sentence
outline format
appropriately; does not
adhere to length
requirements.
More than one careless
error in grammar, spelling
and/or syntax per page.
Some minor efforts at
proofreading, insufficient.
Paper, including in-text and
reference page citations,
most (+50%) outline format
used but did not use full
sentences; meets length
requirements.
Paper, including in-text and
reference page citations, outline
format used and sometimes
used full sentences; meets
length requirements.
Paper consistently and
accurately adheres to all
outline formatting
requirements, including
references. Length is
appropriate.
Rare preventable errors in
grammar, spelling and/or
syntax less than one per
page. Over all, some efforts
noted in proofreading.
No obvious errors in grammar,
spelling and/or syntax; less than
5 minor errors overall.
No errors in grammar,
spelling or syntax throughout
the entire document.
Development: Core theme
or thesis is adequate and
appropriate along with
coherent, coordinated,
supported itemized points
to be addressed.
1) Paper has no theme; 2)
Lacks identifiable points
and ideas; 3) Lacks any
well reasoned thought
process no conclusions can
be drawn from stated ideas.
1) Paper poorly strives to
identify a thesis; 2) Lacks
any building of thoughts or
ideas; 3) key points are
missing or are crude,
incomplete or missing
conclusion.
1) Paper is organized
around a quality thesis; 2)
shows an identifiable
development of thoughts
and ideas; 3) basic
organization of most key
ideas or points leads to an
acceptable conclusion.
1) Paper is focused on a well
articulated thesis; 2) the ideas
are clear and well defined; 3)
Cogent ideas and key points are
well organized leading to a
logical conclusion.
1) Paper's topic is clearly
articulated 2) the thesis is
clear, well defined and
unique, 3) the conclusion is
cogent .
Content: The paper
contains the appropriate
quality and quantity of well
organized points to support
and build to the topic.
The paper lacks at the most
basic level both the quality
and quantity of ideas/points
to support and address the
topic as required.
The paper contains some
attempts at including the
appropriate quality and/or
quantity of poorly
developed ideas/points
these inconsistently attempt
to support and address the
topic as required.
The paper contains the bare
minimum of the appropriate
quality and quantity of
ideas/points at the basic
level which creates
adequate support to address
the topic as required.
The paper contains both the
appropriate quality and quantity
of thought provoking
ideas/points to fully support and
address the topic as required.
The paper contains the an
unexpected quantity of high
quality thought provoking
ideas/points which are
skillfully used to creatively
and completely support the
topic as required, adding new
insight to the discussion.
Sources and
References: Appropriate
source material, used to
support the student's ideas
are cited and referenced
according to specifications.
1) Resources used are NOT
sufficient in quantity; 2)
Resources are not
appropriate;
1) Resources used are NOT
sufficient in quantity; 2)
Most (>50%) Resources are
not appropriate;
1) Resources used are
sufficient in quantity; 2)
Some (<50%) Resources
are not appropriate;
1) Resources used are sufficient
in quantity, 2) Few of the
Resources are not appropriate;
1) Resources used are
sufficient in quantity; 2)
Resources are appropriate;
Writing Skills:
Grammar, spelling and
syntax are appropriate for
college writing.
SCORE