iRubric: Essay Questions rubric

The student shows no understanding of the question by (1) not addressing or incorrectly addressing the relevant content, (2) not identifying or addressing a key concept or main idea, (3) providing irrelevant or inaccurate examples and (3) incorrectly using vocabulary.

The student shows marginal or poor understanding of the presented issue(s) by (1) barely touching on the relevant content, (2) poorly or incorrectly identifying and addressing a key concept or main idea, (3) not supporting points with relevant or accurate examples, and (4) incorrectly or not using vocabulary.

The student shows understanding of the presented issue(s) by correctly (1) addressing the most critical content, (2) identifying and addressing some of the key concepts or main ideas, (3) supporting some points with accurate examples, and (4)
using some correct vocabulary.

The student shows excellent understanding of the presented issue(s) by thoroughly and correctly (1) addressing the relevant content, (2)identifying and addressing the key concepts or main ideas, (3) supporting points with several accurate examples and (4) extensively using correct terminology.

Unable to write well enough for scorer to understand answer. Sentences are not capitalized. Sentences do not end with a period. Sentences do not have a subject and verb. No organization.

Ideas are fragmented, wondering and repetitive, so that it is hard to understand text. Some sentences do not have a subject and verb. Material is poorly organized.

Student is mostly clear, concise and and only addreses the assigned task so that the content is understandable.
All sentences have a subject and verb. Material is fairly well organized.

Ideas are sequenced and logical so that the content is easy to understand. Student is clear, concise and only addreses the assigned task. Sentences have subjects, verbs, and are well organized.