Holistic Rubric
Papers should be judged
on their overall quality, and students should be rewarded for what
they do well.
POSSIBLE SCORES (4-point scale)
| Points |
Criteria |
Description |
| 4 |
Advanced |
The essay responds to all parts of the assignment and demonstrates
a clear and consistent focus and purpose. Information and evidence
are accurate and appropriate, with claims well supported and
other perspectives accurately represented. The writing also
demonstrates well developed analytical skills and independent
and critical thinking and may show originality, if that is appropriate.
Connections are made between and among ideas and concepts. Other
sources and extra-textual materials (e.g. graphs, illustrations,
etc.) are appropriately integrated and documented. Overall,
the essay is organized, detailed, and carefully edited, and
incorporates appropriate tone, style, and diction. (Faculty
are pleasantly surprised when they read writing of this quality.)
|
| 3 |
Competent |
The essay responds to all parts of the assignment and generally
demonstrates a clear and consistent focus and purpose. Most
of the time, information and evidence are accurate and appropriate,
with claims adequately supported and other perspectives usually
accurately represented. The paper also demonstrates adequate
analytical skills and critical thinking and may occasionally
show originality, if that is appropriate. Connections are usually
made between and among ideas and concepts. Other sources and
extra-textual materials (e.g. graphs, illustrations, etc.) are
generally appropriately integrated and documented. Overall,
the essay is adequately organized, detailed, and edited, and
incorporates appropriate tone, style, and diction. There are
some minor weaknesses, but not enough to lower the overall score.
(Faculty expect all of their students to produce this kind of
writing.) |
| 2 |
Basic |
The essay does
not respond adequately to all parts of the assignment and
does not maintain a consistent focus and purpose. Information
and evidence are sometimes inaccurate or
missing, and claims
are marked by generality and are not always adequately supported.
Other perspectives are typically either missing or inaccurately
represented. The writing demonstrates an attempt at analytical
and critical thinking, but connections are not usually made
between and among ideas and concepts. Other sources and extra-textual
materials (e.g. graphs, illustrations, etc.) are not adequately
integrated and documented, or are absent. Overall, the essay
is simply organized, has a minimum of detail, and needs more
editing. The tone may be inappropriate and the style marked
by simple and/or repetitive sentence patterns. Word choice
is predictable and not always accurate. Basic writing is characteristic
of novice writers. (Faculty expect this kind of writing from
first-year students.) |
| 1 |
Below Basic |
The essay fails
to respond to all parts of the assignment and lacks a consistent
focus and purpose. Information and evidence are often inaccurate
or missing, and claims are too general and lack adequate support.
Other perspectives are missing, or obviously misrepresented.
There is no evidence of analytical or critical thinking, and
there are no connections between and among ideas and concepts
Other sources and extra-textual materials (e.g. graphs, illustrations,
etc.) are typically missing or are not integrated into the
text. They often are undocumented. Overall, the essay needs
work in its focus, organization, support, and word choice,
and sentence-level errors are distracting and obstruct reading.
(Faculty do not expect this kind of writing from any college
student and are unpleasantly surprised when they read it.)
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