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    This rubric evaluates college essays on four criteria: structure, grammar/mechanics, language, and content/information. For each criterion, the rubric describes the characteristics of essays that exceed expectations, meet expectations, need improvement, or are inadequate. Essays are given a total score between 1 and 4 points, with lower scores indicating better performance. The rubric provides a framework to assess essays in a standardized way and provide feedback to students.

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    This rubric evaluates college essays on four criteria: structure, grammar/mechanics, language, and content/information. For each criterion, the rubric describes the characteristics of essays that exceed expectations, meet expectations, need improvement, or are inadequate. Essays are given a total score between 1 and 4 points, with lower scores indicating better performance. The rubric provides a framework to assess essays in a standardized way and provide feedback to students.

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    This rubric evaluates college essays on four criteria: structure, grammar/mechanics, language, and content/information. For each criterion, the rubric describes the characteristics of essays that exceed expectations, meet expectations, need improvement, or are inadequate. Essays are given a total score between 1 and 4 points, with lower scores indicating better performance. The rubric provides a framework to assess essays in a standardized way and provide feedback to students.

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    Evaluating A College Essay Rubric For Exam

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    Evaluating a College Essay Rubric

    EXCEED MEETS EXPECTATION NEEDS INADEQUATE


    EXPECTATION IMPROVEMENT
    CRITERIA/SCALE SCORE
    1 2 3 4
    Structure  Paper is  Paper has a  There is some  There is no
    • Organization logically clear level of apparent
    • Flow of thought organized organizational organization organization to
    • Transitions  Easily followed structure with though the paper.
    • Format  Effective, some digressions,  Difficult to
    smooth, and digressions, ambiguities, follow
    logical ambiguities or irrelevances  No or poor
    transitions irrelevances are too many transitions
     Professional  Easily followed  Difficult to  No format
    format  Basic follow
    transitions  Ineffective
     Structured transitions
    format  Rambling
    format
    Grammar/mechanic  Manipulates  Uses complex  Uses  Uses simple
    s complex sentences compound sentences
    • sentence structure sentences for  Few sentences
    • punctuation/ effect/impact punctuation or  Too many
    mechanics  No punctuation mechanical punctuation
    or mechanical errors and/or
    errors mechanical
    errors
    Language  Vocabulary is  Vocabulary is  Vocabulary is  Vocabulary is
    • Vocabulary; use of sophisticated varied, used properly unsophisticate
    vocabulary and correct as specific and though d, not used
    • Tone are sentences appropriate sentences properly in
    which vary in  Frequently may be very simple
    structure and uses subject simple sentences.
    length specific  Infrequently  Uses subject
     Uses and vocabulary uses subject specific
    manipulate correctly specific vocabulary
    subject specific  Writer’s tone vocabulary too sparingly
    vocabulary for emerges and correctly
    effect is generally  Writer’s tone
     Writer’s tone is appropriate to exhibits some
    clear, audience level of
    consistent and audience
    appropriate for sensitivity
    intended
    audience
    Content/information  Central idea is  Central idea  The central  Central idea
     Clarity of purpose well developed and clarity of idea is and clarity of
     Critical and original and clarity purpose are expressed purpose are
    thought purpose is generally through it absent or
     Use of examples exhibited evident may be vague incompletely
    throughout the throughout or too broad; and
    paper the essay Some sense maintained
     Abundance of  Evidence of of purpose is  Little or no
    evidence of critical careful maintained evidence of
    critical, careful thought and throughout critical,
    thought and analysis the essay careful
    analysis and/or and/or insight  Some thought or
    insight  There are evidence of analysis
     Evidence and good, relevant critical, and/or insight
    examples are supporting careful  There are too
    vivid and examples and thought few, no
    specific,while evidence analysis examples and
    focus remains and/or insight evidence of
    tight  There are they are
    some mostly
    examples of irrelevant
    evidence,
    though
    general
    TOTAL:
    POINT SYSTEM:

    1.0 – 1.5 EXCELLENT

    1.5 – 2.0 VERY GOOD

    2.0 – 2.5 GOOD

    2.5 – 3.0 FAIR (3.0 is Passing)

    3.1 – BELOW - FAILED

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