GRADING RUBRIC FOR A RESEARCH PAPER—ANY DISCIPLINE



GRADING RUBRIC FOR A RESEARCH PAPER—ANY DISCIPLINE

|CATEGORY |4 |3 |2 |1 |

|Introduction/ |*exceptional introduction that |*proficient introduction |*basic introduction that |*weak or no introduction |

|Thesis |grabs interest of reader and |that is interesting and |states topic but lacks |of topic. |

|____ |states topic. |states topic. |interest. |**paper’s purpose is |

| |**thesis is exceptionally clear,|**thesis is clear and |**thesis is somewhat clear |unclear/thesis is weak or |

| |arguable, well-developed, and a |arguable statement of |and arguable. |missing. |

| |definitive statement. |position. | | |

|Quality of Information/ |*paper is exceptionally |*information relates to the |*information relates to the |*information has little or|

|Evidence |researched, extremely detailed, |main topic. |main topic, few details |nothing to do with the |

|____ |and historically accurate. |**paper is well-researched |and/or examples are given. |thesis. |

| |**information clearly relates to|in detail and from a variety|**shows a limited variety of |**information has weak or |

| |the thesis. |of sources. |sources. |no connection to the |

| | | | |thesis. |

|Support of Thesis/Analysis |*exceptionally critical, |*consistent connections made|*some connections made |*limited or no connections|

|____ |relevant and consistent |between evidence and thesis |between evidence and thesis. |made between evidence and |

| |connections made between |**good analysis. |**some analysis. |thesis. |

| |evidence and thesis. | | |**lack of analysis. |

| |**excellent analysis. | | | |

|Organization/ |*exceptionally clear, logical, |*clear and logical order |*somewhat clear and logical |*lacks development of |

|Development of Thesis |mature, and thorough development|that supports thesis with |development with basic |ideas with weak or no |

|____ |of thesis with excellent |good transitions between and|transitions between and |transitions between and |

| |transitions between and within |within paragraphs. |within paragraphs. |within paragraphs. |

| |paragraphs. | | | |

|Conclusion |*excellent summary of topic with|*good summary of topic with |*basic summary of topic with |*lack of summary of topic.|

|____ |concluding ideas that impact |clear concluding ideas. |some final concluding ideas. | |

| |reader. |**introduces no new |**introduces no new | |

| |**introduces no new information.|information. |information. | |

|Style/Voice |*style and voice are not only |*style and voice appropriate|*style and voice somewhat |*style and voice |

|____ |appropriate to the given |to the given audience and |appropriate to given audience|inappropriate or do not |

| |audience and purpose, but also |purpose. |and purpose. |address given audience, |

| |show originality and creativity.|**word choice is specific |**word choice is often |purpose, etc. |

| |**word choice is specific, |and purposeful, and somewhat|unspecific, generic, |**word choice is |

| |purposeful, dynamic and varied. |varied throughout. |redundant, and clichéd. |excessively redundant, |

| |***sentences are clear, active |***sentences are mostly |***sentences are somewhat |clichéd, and unspecific. |

| |(subject-verb-object), and to |clear, active (SVO), and to |unclear; excessive use of |***sentences are very |

| |the point. |the point. |passive voice. |unclear. |

|Grammar/Usage/ |*control of grammar, usage, and |*may contain few spelling, |*contains several spelling, |*so many spelling, |

|Mechanics |mechanics. |punctuation, and grammar |punctuation, and grammar |punctuation, and grammar |

|____ |**almost entirely free of |errors. |errors which detract from the|errors that the paper |

| |spelling, punctuation, and | |paper’s readability. |cannot be understood. |

| |grammatical errors. | | | |

|Citation Format |*conforms to MLA rules for |*conforms to MLA rules for |*frequent errors in MLA |*lack of MLA |

|____ |formatting and citation of |formatting and citation of |format. |format/numerous errors. |

| |sources are perfect. |sources with minor | | |

| | |exceptions. | | |

|Works Cited/Bibliography |*entries entirely correct as|*entries mostly correct as to|*frequent errors in MLA |*lack of MLA |

|____ |to MLA format. |MLA format. |format. |format/numerous errors. |

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