Rubric Written Research Report
CATEGORY EXCELLENT
1,67
QUALITY OF INFORMATION Information clearly
related to the main
topic, included
consistent supporting
details and/or
examples.
ORGANIZATION Information is
logically organized.
PARAGRAPH All paragraphs
CONSTRUCTION include introductory
sentence, explanations or
details, concluding
sentence with a
transition.
MECHANICS No grammatical,
spelling or
punctuation errors
observed.
Proper heading and
formatting is
observed)
SOURCES AND REFERENCES Resources used are
sufficient in quantity.
Resources are appropriate.
FORMATTING APA format is used
accurately and consistently
in the paper and on the
“References” page.
GOOD
1,47
Information clearly
related to the main
topic, provided
adequate supporting
details and/or
examples
Information is
adequately organized
Most paragraphs
include introductory
sentence, explanations or
details, concluding
sentence with a
transition.
Almost no
grammatical, spelling
or punctuation errors
observed.
Resources used are
sufficient in quantity. Few
of the resources are not
appropriate.
APA format is used with
minor errors.
FAIR POOR
1,27 1,07
Information clearly Information related to
related to the main the main topic, no
topic, provided some details or examples
supporting details provided.
and/or examples
Information is Obvious lack of
somewhat organized. organization.
Paragraphs included Paragraph structure
related information, was not clear and
but were typically not sentences were not
constructed well. typically related
within the
paragraphs.
A few grammatical, Many grammatical,
spelling or spelling or
punctuation errors punctuation errors
observed. observed.
OR Proper heading
and formatting is not
observed .
Resources used are NOT No references observed.
sufficient in quantity.
Resources are not
appropriate.
There are frequent errors Format of the document is
in APA format. not recognizable as APA.