Needs Meets

Unacceptable Satisfactory Exceptional

CRITERIA Improvement Expectations
0 pts 2 pts 4 pts
1 pts 3 pts

Needs
Exceptional
Improvement Satisfactory Meets
Expectations
Answers are
Unacceptable Answers are Answers are not
Content comprehensive,
partial or comprehensive or Answers are
accurate and
Did not answer incomplete. Key completely stated. accurate and
complete. Key
question. points are not Key points are complete. Key
ideas are clearly
clear. Question addressed, but not points are stated
stated, explained,
not adequately well supported. and supported.
and well supported.
answered.

Organization Satisfactory
Needs Meets Exceptional
Unacceptable Improvement Inadequate Expectations
organization or Well organized,
(Answers are Did not answer Organization and development. Organization is coherently
clearly thought question. structure detract Structure of the mostly clear and developed, and
out and from the answer. answer is not easy easy to follow. easy to follow.
articulated.) to follow.

Writing Meets
Conventions Needs Satisfactory
Expectations Exceptional
Improvement
Unacceptable Displays three to
Displays one to Displays no errors
Displays over five five errors in
(Spelling, three errors in in spelling,
Did not answer errors in spelling, spelling,
punctuation, spelling, punctuation,
question. punctuation, punctuation,
grammar, and punctuation, grammar, and
grammar, and grammar, and
complete grammar, and sentence structure.
sentence structure. sentence structure.
sentences.) sentence structure.