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English Graduate Program Graduate Student Writing Sample Assessment Rubric

Essay Number/Letter Code: ________________________________

Essay Title: _____________________________________________ Graduate Student

  (low)   (high)
Category 1 2 3 4
1. Contents and Consistency
[See Knowledge, Skills 2, 4]		        
  Thesis  
  Support/Evidence  
  Originality  
  Appropriateness of Theoretical perspective  
2. Organization
[See Knowledge, Skills 2, 4]		        
  Unity  
  Coherence  
  Order/Transitions  
  Paragraphing  
  Development  
3. Mechanics and Manuscript Form
[See Knowledge, Skills 2, 4]		        
  Punctuation  
  Grammar  
  Spelling  
4. Language and Rhetoric
[See Knowledge, Skills 2, 3, 4]		  
  Sentence Structure  
  Word Choice  
  Tone  
  Voice  
  Appropriate consideration of audience  
5. Research and Perspective
[See Knowledge, Skills 1, 3, 5]		  
  Appropriateness of Sources  
  Integration of Critical Ideas and Theory(ies)  
  Accuracy of Documentation  


The guidelines for evaluating sample essays:

  1. Each essay is identified by a number system only (keyed to student name held in separate file)
  2. The committee begins, before assessing essays, reaching agreed understanding of the protocol (norm referencing) for each evaluated category [see protocol below]
  3. Two members of the committee--or, in cases where the scores of the two readers are not consistent (not touching scores), three or four readers--read each essay and score it independently
  4. Final scores are calculated as an average of all scores received.
 
 

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