iRubric: Short answer essay response rubric

Exceptional

8 pts

Good

6 pts

Fair

4 pts

Incomplete

2 pts

Three or more ideas are used from the course materials.
The ideas completely answer or respond to the question.

8 pts

Two to three ideas are used from the course materials.
The ideas somewhat answer or respond to the question.

6 pts

Two to three ideas are used from the course materials.
The ideas only slightly answer or respond to the question.

4 pts

No or only one idea from course materials is used in the written response.
The idea has no connection to the question.

2 pts

There are more than three sentences that further explain the ideas chosen from the course materials.

8 pts

There are two to three sentences that further explain the ideas from the course materials.

6 pts

There are just one to two sentences that further explain the ideas from the course materials.

4 pts

There is nothing written that further explains the ideas from the course materials.

2 pts

Sentences are complete (no fragments). Punctuation is used correctly through-out.
Words are spelled correctly.
Paragraphs are used correctly.

8 pts

Sentences are complete.
Punctuation is almost always used correctly.
Almost all words are spelled correctly.
Paragraphs are mostly used correctly.

6 pts

There are only a few sentence fragments.
Punctuation is mostly used correctly.
Most words are spelled correctly.
Paragraphs are sometimes used correctly.

4 pts

There are several sentence fragments.
Punctuation is sometimes used correctly.
There are many misspelled words.
Almost all paragraphs are not used correctly.

2 pts