Research Report Assessment Templates
|Written Report Assessment Template, Compiled from the following sources: Project Literary among Youth, 2002, |
| accessed 19 May 2005. |
|Kansas State University, 2005. Rubric for Research Paper, |
|Criteria |Distinguished |Proficient |Basic |Unacceptable |
|ANY EVIDENCE OF ANY SOURCE OR QUOTATION NOT CITED--0 FOR ENTIRE PAPER |
|Thesis or Statement of |Readily apparent to the |Clear but may sometimes |Not consistently clear; |Generally unclear; |
|Purpose |reader; concisely stated |digresses in the paper ; |stated in a single |Incomplete, unfocused, or|
| |in a single |stated in a single |sentence. |absent. |
| |sentence, which is |sentence. | | |
| |engaging, | | | |
| |and thought provoking. | | | |
| | | | | |
|Introduction |Relevance of topic to |A good attempt is made as|May be unclear (contain |no reference to the |
| |class or audience is |to why the topic is |many vague terms), appear|topic, audience or |
| |apparent. The |pertinent but may be |unoriginal, or offer |relevance. |
| |groundwork for paper |slightly unclear, or |relatively little that is| |
| |easy to predict because |lacking in insight or |new; provides little | |
| |important topics that |originality. Organization|around which to structure| |
| |will be discussed are |for rest of the paper |the paper. | |
| |specifically mentioned. |stated. | | |
|Content |Clear examples to |Examples support most |Examples support some |The essay relies on |
| |support specific topic |topic sentences and |topic sentences; reader |stringing together quotes|
| |sentences and to support |support general purpose; |gains little insight; The|or close paraphrasing; |
| |the overall purpose; |reader gains some |essay shows little of the|Failure to support |
| |reader gains important |insight; occasional |writer’s own relying |statements with major |
| |insight; analysis poses |evidence of novel ways to|instead on quotes and |content omitted; Quotes |
| |novel ways to think of |think about the material |paraphrasing that are |not integrated, |
| |the material; quoted |Quotes well integrated |poorly connected. |improperly. |
| |material well integrated;|into sentences. Topics |Examples support some | |
| |depth of coverage without|adequately addressed but |topic sentences; no | |
| |being redundant. |not in the detail or |evidence of novel | |
| | |depth expected. |thinking and intermittent| |
| | | |support of thesis through| |
| | | |with evidence. | |
| | | | | |
|Organization |The ideas are arranged |The ideas are arranged |In general, ideas are |Ideas are not logically.|
| |logically |logically to support the |arranged logically, but |organized. Frequently, |
| |to support the purpose. |central purpose |sometimes ideas fail to |ideas |
| |Transitions link |Transitions usually |make |fail to make sense |
| |paragraphs. It’s easy to |link paragraphs. For the|sense together. The |together. |
| |follow the line |most part, the reader can|reader is |The reader cannot |
| |reasoning. Subheadings |follow the line of |fairly clear about what |identify a line of |
| |are used throughout the |reasoning. Subheadings |writer |reasoning. Subheadings |
| |paper allowing the reader|are used throughout the |intends. While |not used. Few or no |
| |to reader moves easily |paper to guide the reader|subheadings are used, the|topic sentences. |
| |through the text. |without undue confusion; |content beneath them does| |
| |Paragraphs have solid |a few paragraphs without |not follow; many | |
| |topic sentences. |strong topic sentences. |paragraphs without topic | |
| | | |sentences. | |
|Tone for |Consistently |Generally professional |Not consistently |Not professional or |
|an academic research |professional and |and appropriate. |professional or |appropriate. |
|paper. |appropriate. | |appropriate. | |
|Sentence |Sentences are |Sentences are correct |Some sentences are |Errors in sentence |
|Structure |well-phrased and |with minor variety in |awkwardly |structure |
| |varied in length and |length and structure. The|constructed so that the |are frequent enough to be|
| |type. |flow from sentence |reader is |a |
| |They flow smoothly from |to sentence is generally |occasionally distracted. |major distraction to the |
| |one |smooth although some run |Run on sentences are |reader. Run on’s and |
| |to another with no run on|on sentences are present.|present or Short, simple |fragments common. |
| |sentences or comma | |and compound sentences | |
| |splices. | |prevail. | |
| | | | | |
|Word Choice |Word choice is |Word choice is generally |Word choice is merely |Many words are used |
| |consistently |good. |adequate, |inappropriately, |
| |precise and accurate. The|The writer often finds |and the range of words is|confusing the |
| |writer uses the active |words that are more |limited. Some words are |reader. It is difficult |
| |voice. |precise and effective. |used |for the reader to |
| | |Unnecessary words are |inappropriately. |understand what the |
| | |occasionally used. |unnecessary words are |writer is trying to |
| | | |fairly common. |express. |
|Grammar, |Essentially free of |A few grammatical errors;|Several grammatical |Pattern of ungrammatical |
|Spelling, |grammatical errors; The |There are occasional |errors; The writing has |writing; There are so |
|Writing |writing is free or almost|errors, but they don't |many errors, and the |many errors that |
|Mechanics |free of errors. |represent a major |reader is distracted by |meaning is obscured. The |
|(punctuation, | |distraction or obscure |them. |reader is confused and |
|italics, capitalization, | |meaning. | |stops reading. |
|etc. | | | | |
|Conclusion |The writer makes succinct|Some of the conclusions, |Some of the conclusions, |There is little or no |
| |and precise conclusions |however, are not |however, are not |indication that the |
| |based on the review of |supported. Suggestions |supported; weak or trite |writer tried to |
| |literature. Suggestions |for future research |suggestions for future |synthesize the |
| |for future research |offered. |research. |information or draw |
| |offered. | | |conclusions based on the |
| | | | |literature; no |
| | | | |suggestions for future |
| | | | |research. |
|Reference Quality |References are primarily |Although most of the |Most of the references |There are virtually no |
| |peer reviewed |references |are from |sources |
| |professional journals |are professionally |sources that are not peer|that are professionally |
| |or other approved |legitimate, a few |reviewed |reliable. Over-reliance |
| |sources; Numerous |are questionable (e.g., |and have uncertain |on tertiary sources; |
| |relevant scholarly |trade books, |reliability. Several |spotty documentation of |
| |sources (and primary |internet sources, popular|relevant secondary |facts in text. |
| |sources, where available |magazines, …) Several |sources, more than one | |
| |and appropriate) |relevant secondary |tertiary source; some | |
| |demonstrating extensive, |sources, revealing |facts not referenced; | |
| |in-depth research; little|adequate research. |displays minimal effort | |
| |reliance on tertiary | |in selecting quality | |
| |sources. | |sources. | |
|Citation Format |APA, MLA or other |APA MLA or other approved|There are several errors |Format of the document is|
| |approved format is used |format is used with minor|in APA MLA or other |not |
| |accurately |errors. Some formatting |approved format |recognizable as MLA or |
| |and consistently in the |problems exist, or some |Format. References or |other approved format; |
| |paper |components are missing. |Works Cited list were not|References or Works Cited|
| |and on the "References" |no more than one or two |cited in the text. |list were not cited in |
| |page. The references in |citation errors. | |the text. pattern of |
| |the list match the | | |citation errors. |
| |in-text citations and all| | | |
| |were properly encoded in | | | |
| |APA or MLA format. | | | |
|Length |Number of pages |Number of pages |Without approval paper |Without approval paper |
| |specified in the |specified in the |has more or fewer pages |has more or fewer pages |
| |assignment. |assignment. |than specified. |than specified. |
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