Research Report: APA Writing Project Rubric
Research Report: APA Writing Project Rubric
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CATEGORY
Amount of
Information
4
All topics are
addressed and all
questions answered
with at least 2
sentences about each.
3
All topics are
addressed and most
questions answered
with at least 2
sentences about each.
2
1
All topics are
One or more topics
addressed, and most were not addressed.
questions answered
with 1 sentence about
each.
Sources
All sources
(information and
graphics) are
accurately
documented in the
APA format.
All sources
(information and
graphics) are
accurately
documented, but a
few are not in the APA
format.
All sources
(information and
graphics) are
accurately
documented, but
many are not in the
APA format.
Paragraph
All paragraphs include
Construction introductory
sentence,
explanations or
details, and
concluding sentence.
Most paragraphs
include introductory
sentence,
explanations or
details, and
concluding sentence.
Paragraphs included
related information
but were typically not
constructed well.
Paragraphing
structure was not
clear and sentences
were not typically
related within the
paragraphs.
Mechanics
No grammatical,
spelling or
punctuation errors.
1-4
Grammatical/spelling
errors
5-7
Grammatical/spelling
errors
<8 Grammatical/spelling
errors
Quality of
Information
Information clearly
relates to the main
topic. It includes
several supporting
details and/or
examples.
Information clearly
relates to the main
topic. It provides 1-2
supporting details
and/or examples.
Information clearly
relates to the main
topic. No details
and/or examples are
given.