Essay Rubric
Essay Rubric
Quality All sources cited Most sources Some sources Few sources Little or no
/Reliability can be cited can be can be cited can be reliable and/or
of Sources considered considered considered considered trustworthy
reliable and/or reliable and/or reliable and/or reliable and/or sources cited.
trustworthy. trustworthy. trustworthy. trustworthy.
Variety of Excellent variety Good variety of Adequate variety Poor variety No variety of
Sources of sources sources (one of sources (at (missing one sources; does not
(several of each) type is marginal) least one of type of source) cite either types
each) of sources
required
Content of Annotations are Annotations of Annotations are Annotations are Annotations are
Annotation complete and sources are good fairly inadequate incomplete and completely
thorough; but may not be for all sources or inadequate. For inadequate. Does
supplies the completely some sources are example, the not summarize
reader with thorough on all missing many student may or evaluate the
information sources or all criteria for have described sources.
regarding the sources are evaluation the source, but
content, evaluated by did not evaluate
usefulness, and limited criteria it.
reliability
APA and Citations are There are a few There are some There are many There is little or
Documentat formatted formatting errors formatting errors and/or frequent no adherence to
ion correctly in the in the in the formatting errors APA format in
document. document’s document’s in the the document.
citations. citations. document’s
citations.