Rubric for Essay: High School

Criteria 1 2 3 4 Score
The essay is The essay is The essay is
The essay poorly
focused on topic focused on the focused,
Focus/ Main addresses topic and
and includes few topic and includes purposeful, and
Point includes irrelevant
loosely related relevant ideas reflects clear
ideas
ideas insight and ideas

Persuasively
Supports main Supports main
supports main
Provides little or point with some point with
point with well-
Support no support for the underdeveloped developed
developed
main point reasons and/or reasons and/or
reasons and/or
examples examples
examples

Organization & Effectively

Little or no Some
Format Organizes ideas to organizes ideas to
organization of organization of
build an argument build a logical,
ideas to build an ideas to build an
(Paragraphs, coherent
argument argument
Transitions) argument

Effective and
Little or no use of creative use of
Language Use, Appropriate use of
elements of style Some use of elements of style
Style & elements of style
elements of style to enhance
Conventions
Many errors in meaning
Uses correct
grammar, Contains frequent
(Sentence grammar,
spelling, and errors in grammar, Uses correct
structure, word spelling, and
punctuation, spelling, and grammar,
choice, grammar, punctuation with
makes reader’s punctuation spelling,
spelling, few errors
comprehension punctuation
punctuation)
difficult throughout with
very few errors

Distinctive
Sufficient experimentation
experimentation with language
No Very little
with language and usage to
Originality experimentation experimentation
and usage to enhance concepts
nor enhancement to enhance
enhance concepts
(Expression of of concepts concepts
Applies higher
the theme in a
Applies basic order thinking and
creative way) No adherence to Does not exhibit
creative skills to creative skills to
the theme creativity
relay ideas relay complex
ideas
 Rubric for Artwork: High School

1 2 3
Criteria Score
Poor Quality Good Quality Excellent Quality

No evidence of skill
Demonstrates some Demonstrates strong skills
development in the
Craftmanship skills with the media; with the media, technically
media; little technical
technically proficient accomplished
competency

Composition lacking
Composition is cohesively
a cohesive appearance
unified
Composition lacking a
Formal Qualities cohesive appearance Some integration of
Strong integration of
elements and
elements and principles of
principles of design
design

Does not exhibit

innovative thinking -
Exhibits innovative
very little Exhibits distinct
thinking - sufficient
experimentation to experimentation and
experimentation to
enhance concepts innovation to enhance
enhance concepts
Creativity creative concepts
Does not exhibit
Some visible
creative thinking skills Strong apparent
connection to the
-uses unoriginal or connection to the theme
theme
over-used images
and/or approach

Poor interpretation and

Interpretation of communication of Adequate
Excellent interpretation
Topic thematic concepts due interpretation and
and communication of
to inappropriate or communication of
thematic concepts
inadequate images or thematic concepts
thoughts