iRubric: Current Events Response Rubric

No source article or source text is attached or source piece attached does not reflect an on-topic current event.

Not all sections of the response form are complete.

Reponses are illogical or very vague and do not relate to the topic event.

Source article or source text is attached but may not reflect an on-topic current event.

Souce piece may be very simplistic and not showing enough depth to create a thorough response.

Not all sections of the response form may be complete.

Responses are connected to the current event, but are general and do not show depth of thought.

Source article or source text is attached and reflects an on-topic current event.

Source piece is appropriately complex to create a thorough response.

All sections of the form are completed with thorough responses.

Responses connect to the current event.

Source article or source text is attached and reflects an on-topic current event.

Source piece is complex.

All sections are complete and very thorough. In most cases, a response that meets the "4" scoring will require extra paper as the template will not allow enough room for depth of response.

Responses demonstrate research outside the content of the source article, and response connects additional research back to the source article or text for a sophistic