Writing Criteria
Evaluation of written work is based on the rubricĀ developed by the Departments of English and Teacher Education. Scores of 0-4 are earned for each of the following criteria.
- Content
- Development
- Organization
- Style
- Grammar, Mechanics, and Format
A PDF version of the complete writing rubric is available.
Grades for Writing
The rubric scores translate into percentage grades as follows.
- Writing that scores 2 or higher in all five criteria will earn the percentage grade as outlined in Table 1.
- Writing that scores a 1 in any of the five criteria will earn a grade of 65 percent.
- Writing that scores a 0 in any of the five criteria will earn a grade of 55 percent.
- Writing that scores a 0 or 1 in more than one criterion may earn a grade below 55 percent.
Table 1: Writing Rubric Score/Percentage Grade Correlation | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Sum of Criteria Scores | 20 | 19 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 10 | |||||||||
Percentage Grade | 100 | 97 | 95 | 90 | 87 | 85 | 84 | 82 | 80 | 77 | 75 |