Criteria Achievement Level

Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Level 4 Level 5

Analysis 0 - 23 24 - 27 28 - 31 32 - 35 36 - 40
(40 points) Presents Presents Presents Presents a Presents
an account an account an thorough an
containing that is analysis analysis insightful
little descriptive containing with and
analysis or but relevant effective thorough
relevant contains arguments arguments analysis
argument; little ; ; with
interpretat analysis or interpretat interpretat strong
ion is not relevant ion is not ion is both arguments
well arguments thoroughly reasonable and
supported. ; supported and evidence;
Course interpretat and not compelling interpretat
concepts ion is not compelling . Course ion is both
and well . Course concepts reasonable
analytical supported. concepts and and
tools are Course and analytical compelling
not concepts analytical tools are . Course
applied and tools are often concepts
appropriat analytical sometimes applied and
ely. tools are applied appropriat analytical
not appropriat ely. tools are
applied ely. expertly
appropriat applied.
ely.

Content 0 - 17 18 - 20 21 - 23 24 - 26 27 - 30
(30 points) Content is Content is Content is Content is Content is
often somewhat mostly relevant highly
irrelevant; relevant relevant and relevant
informatio and and informativ and
n may be informativ informativ e; may informativ
noticeably e; may e; may stray e; remains
incorrect stray off stray off slightly off on topic.
and/or off- topic a few topic one topic one
topic. times. or two time.
times.

Accuracy 0-5 6-6 7-7 8-8 9 - 10

(10 points) Most of Several Most of Most of Accuracy
the areas of the the is
assignmen the assignmen assignmen excellent
t is clearly assignmen t is fairly t is and close
 inaccurate t may be accurate accurate attention
and lacks slightly and shows and shows to detail is
attention lacking in fair good clearly
to detail. accuracy attention attention evident in
and/or to detail. to detail. all parts of
attention the
to detail. assignmen
t.

Writing 0-5 6-6 7-7 8-8 9 - 10

Mechanics Writing Writing Writing is Writing is Writing is
(10 points) lacks lacks mostly clear and clear and
clarity and clarity clear and concise. concise.
concisenes and/or concise. Sentence Sentence
s. Serious concisenes Sentence structure structure
problems s. Contains structure and and
with minor and grammar grammar
sentence problems grammar are strong. are
structure with are strong There may excellent.
and sentence and be one or Correct
grammar. structure mostly two minor use of
Numerous and some correct. punctuatio punctuatio
major grammatic There may n errors n. No
and/or al errors be three and/or spelling
minor as well as or four spelling errors.
errors in several minor errors.
punctuatio minor errors in
n and errors in punctuatio
spelling. punctuatio n and/or
n and spelling.
spelling.

Citations 0-5 6-6 7-7 8-8 9 - 10

and APA APA APA APA APA
Formatting guidelines guidelines guidelines guidelines guidelines
(10 points) are barely are loosely are are mostly are
followed if followed. somewhat followed correctly
at all. The Some followed. correctly. followed.
majority of peer- Most The The
sources reviewed sources number of number of
used are papers are used are sources sources
not used along peer- meets any meets or
academica with non- reviewed expressed exceeds
lly reliable. academica papers, assignmen any
If in-text lly reliable though t expressed
citations sources. two or requireme assignmen
and Reference more nts, and all t
references entries sources but one requireme
 are and in-text are not source is a nts. Every
included, citations academica peer- source
they may lly reliable. reviewed used is
contain somewhat Reference paper. peer-
major follow APA entries Reference reviewed
errors to formatting and in-text entries or
APA guidelines; citations and in-text academic
formatting several show citations in nature.
guidelines major effort to follow APA Reference
and errors in follow APA formatting entries
several in- in-text formatting guidelines and in-text
text citations guidelines; and are citations
citations or several usually follow APA
are references errors in correct. All formatting
missing may be in-text in-text guidelines
references present. citations citations and are
and vice Some in- or are free of
versa. text references referenced errors. All
citations may be and vice in-text
are present. versa. citations
missing Most in- are
references text referenced
and vice- citations and vice
versa. are versa.
referenced
and vice
versa.

Social & 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

Cultural The The The The The
Awareness learner learner’s learner’s learner’s learner’s
: [FOR fails to social and social and ability to understan
INTERNAL exhibit cultural cultural demonstra ding and
ASSESSME ethical awareness awareness te social application
NT ONLY. awareness is limited is and of social
THIS ITEM in any but emerging cultural and
IS NOT discipline; sometimes but often awareness cultural
CONSIDER may exhibits exhibits is awareness
ED IN THE demonstra ethical ethical proficient, demonstra
STUDENT’S te awareness awareness consistentl tes an
GRADE.] ignorance in some in some y exhibits advanced
of other disciplines; disciplines; ethical ethical
Social & cultural demonstra shows awareness awareness
Cultural responsibil tes awareness in various in a wide
Awareness ity; seems awareness of other disciplines; variety of
unaware of other cultures demonstra disciplines;
Discerns of cultures, and tes integrates
social and differences and to a competing appreciati competing
cultural and lesser perspectiv on for perspectiv
responsibil commonali degree, es; and diverse es of
ity as ties competing perceives cultures diverse
represente among perspectiv differences and cultures in
d by social and es; and and competing reasoning;
ethical cultural perceives commonali perspectiv and
engageme practices. some ties es; and esteems
nt within differences among evaluates the values
academic, and social and differences of many
local, commonali cultural and social and
regional, ties practices. commonali cultural
state, and among ties practices.
internation social and among
al cultural social and
communiti practices. cultural
es. practices.
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