Grading Criteria for Written Assignments
The highest potential points written assignments are 5-points. Please use these guidelines for written assignments.
1. Each assignment is worth a possible 5 points.
2. Assignments are located in the course syllabus.
3. Follow the instructions in the syllabus and provide rationale for each of your answers based on your understandings of the weekly content.
Category | Satisfactory | Needs Improvement | Inadequate | Unsatisfactory | Score |
Quality and Accuracy of Information | 2 point | 1 point | .5 | 0 | |
All criteria are met with supporting information. | 1-2 criteria not met with supporting information. | 3-4 criteria not met with supporting information. | >4 of the criteria is not met and/or missing significant supporting information. | ||
Mechanics | 1 points | 0.75 points | 0.25 | 0 | |
Adheres to APA format; error free paper. 90%-100% of paper is well organized and consist of well-constructed paragraphs. No spelling or grammatical errors. | 80% to 89% of paper adheres to APA format, is well organized and error free, and consist of well-constructed paragraphs. Contains 1-5 spelling or grammatical errors. | 70% to 79% of paper adheres to APA format, is well organized and error free, and consist of well-constructed paragraphs. Contains 6-10 spelling or grammatical errors. | Up to 69% of the paper is error free; paper is disorganized with poorly constructed paragraphs; does not adhere to APA format. Greater than 11 spelling or grammatical errors. | ||
Amount of Information | 1 point | 0.75 point | 0.25 | 0 | |
Adheres to page requirement guidelines. | Exceeded or did not reach page requirement guidelines by 1 page. | Exceeded or did not reach page requirement guidelines by 2 pages. | Exceeded or did not reach page requirement guidelines by more than 2 pages. | ||
Timeliness | 1 point | 0.5 point | 0.25 | 0 | |
Submits assignment on or before the electronic week due date. | Submits assignment 1 day after the electronic week due date. | Submits assignment 2 days after the electronic week due date. | Submits assignment 3 or more days after the electronic week due date. | ||
5 | 3 | 1.5 | 0 | ||
Scores | 3.1 - 5 = Satisfactory | 1.6 - 3.0 = Needs improvement | 0-1.5 = Inadequate | 0 = Unsatisfactory | |
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