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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