Professional Writing Rubric Professional writing is Effective communication of discipline-specific knowledge for a designated purpose and audience Novice* (1) Proficient (2) Advanced (3) NA Purpose: Fails to meet one or more Adequately addresses Comprehensively meets the Assignment does Accomplishes the goal of assignment goals minimum assignment assignment goals, surpassing not address this the assigned task using requirements baseline expectations dimension Some relevant audiences are discipline specific not sufficiently addressed or Adequately addresses target Target audience is addressed knowledge writing is addressed to audience through communication reflecting wrong audience thorough understanding of audience Appropriately and sufficiently exigencies and values Incompletely or incorrectly incorporates discipline Score (or NA): ________ applies discipline specific specific knowledge Applies, synthesizes, and/or knowledge expands discipline-specific knowledge Organization: Ineffective structure and Appropriate structure and Logical structure and arrangement Assignment does Ideas are arranged arrangement of thesis/ideas, arrangement of thesis/ideas of thesis/ideas not address this logically, cohesively, and lack of focus dimension Cohesive paragraphs that Cohesive paragraphs that clearly. Generally unified develop the central argument/ convincingly develop the central arguments/ideas but with ideas argument/ ideas gaps in cohesion Major ideas are presented Major and supporting ideas are Hierarchy of ideas is unclear clearly presented clearly Score (or NA): ________ Weak or ineffective Adequate transitions between Smooth transitions between ideas at transitions between ideas at ideas at sentence and sentence, paragraph, and section sentence and paragraph paragraph level level level Evidence: Generally supports claims Selects relevant sources to Selects superior quality sources to Assignment does Selection and integration but some evidence may not support claims support claims not address this of high quality sources to be relevant dimension Discussion of sources Discussion of sources provides support claims. Discussion of sources in adequately supports claims clear and logical support for the relation to claims is general, claims Effectively integrates vague, or not relevant evidence Comprehensively and effectively Unevenly integrates integrates high-quality evidence Applies some source Score (or NA): ________ evidence documentation conventions Applies source documentation Applies few source correctly (e.g., some errors in conventions correctly (e.g., few documentation conventions some conventions). errors) correctly (e.g. faulty use of quotations, citations, paraphrasing)
Professional Writing Rubric Professional writing is Effective communication of discipline-specific knowledge for a designated purpose and audience Novice* (1) Proficient (2) Advanced (3) NA Purpose: Accomplishes the goal of the assigned task using discipline specific knowledge Score (or NA): ________ Fails to meet one or more assignment goals Some relevant audiences are not sufficiently addressed or writing is addressed to wrong audience Incompletely or incorrectly applies discipline specific knowledge Adequately addresses minimum assignment requirements Adequately addresses target audience Appropriately and sufficiently incorporates discipline specific knowledge Comprehensively meets the assignment goals, surpassing baseline expectations Target audience is addressed through communication reflecting thorough understanding of audience exigencies and values Applies, synthesizes, and/or expands discipline-specific knowledge Assignment does not address this dimension Organization: Ideas are arranged logically, cohesively, and clearly. Score (or NA): ________ Ineffective structure and arrangement of thesis/ideas, lack of focus Generally unified arguments/ideas but with gaps in cohesion Hierarchy of ideas is unclear Weak or ineffective transitions between ideas at sentence and paragraph level Appropriate structure and arrangement of thesis/ideas Cohesive paragraphs that develop the central argument/ ideas Major ideas are presented clearly Adequate transitions between ideas at sentence and paragraph level Logical structure and arrangement of thesis/ideas Cohesive paragraphs that convincingly develop the central argument/ ideas Major and supporting ideas are presented clearly Smooth transitions between ideas at sentence, paragraph, and section level Assignment does not address this dimension Evidence: Selection and integration of high quality sources to support claims. Score (or NA): ________ Generally supports claims but some evidence may not be relevant Discussion of sources in relation to claims is general, vague, or not relevant Unevenly integrates evidence Applies few source documentation conventions correctly (e.g. faulty use of quotations, citations, paraphrasing) Selects relevant sources to support claims Discussion of sources adequately supports claims Effectively integrates evidence Applies some source documentation conventions correctly (e.g., some errors in some conventions). Selects superior quality sources to support claims Discussion of sources provides clear and logical support for the claims Comprehensively and effectively integrates high-quality evidence Applies source documentation conventions correctly (e.g., few errors) Assignment does not address this dimension