Assessment Table

UCW Master's Level Grading Rubric for Assessment of Business Report

Student Name Course
Total Grade 0
1-4 Scale 1 2 3 4
Percentage Score 0-59 59-71 72-77 78-81 82-84 85-89 88-91 92-100
Grades F C B- B B+ A- A A+
Student
Mastery Level Weight Beginning Developing Competent Mastery
Score
Approaching
Standard Level Still learning Meeting standard Exceeding Standard
Standard
Subject Matter 50
Problem statement is
Problem statement is Problem statement is
Problem statement is well-crafted, specific
poorly crafted or reasonably well-
Problem, Background not well-crafted but is and represents a
missing or is crafted and is specific
acceptable novel outlook on the
misstated to the issue
issue
Discussion is
Discussion is incorrect Discussion is Discussion is correct, complete and correct,
correct, missing many inadequately taking into account taking into account
Discussion of Findings of the pros with little correct, missing some most of the pros and pros and cons and
or no discussion of of the pros and most cons and represents a represents a full level
negatives or all of the cons solid level of research of research with
novel conclusions
Recommendations
Recommendations
are adequately Recommendations
are inadequately
supported and are fully supported
Recommendations supported
represents and represents
are not supported and do not represent
reasonable superior
and demonstrat little reasonable
understanding of understanding of
Managerial Recommendation or no understanding understanding of
problem, some of the problem,
of problem or the problem or the
consequences of consequences of
consequences of consequences of
implementation and implementation and
implementation implementation, with
may have and has alternate
alternate solution
alternate solution solutions available
available
available
 Student worked
Student unable or Student had problems independently and
nearly unable to work working met all project
Student worked
independently independently deadlines striking an
mostly independently
and did not and had problems exceptional balance
and met most project
successfully meet successfully meeting between working
deadlines needing
Professionalism project deadlines project deadlines independently but
some feedback/help,
needing constant needing significant asking for necessary
mostly responsive to
feedback/help, feedback/help, not feedback/help while
written/verbal
unresponsive to fully responsive to exceptionally
feedback
written/verbal written/verbal responsive to
feedback feedback written/verbal
feedback
References represent
References are not References are not
References are timely a complete literature
appropriate to the fully
References and appropriate to survey are timely and
subject matter or are appropriate to the
the subject matter appropriate to the
missing subject matter
subject matter
Tables, charts and
other media Tables, charts and Tables, charts and Tables, charts and
poorly support the other media other media other media fully
presentation of the inadequately support adequately support support and augment
Tables/Charts
material of the report the presentation of the presentation of the presentation of
or are not present the material of the the material of the the material of the
when they would be report report report
of value
Organization & Critical
Thinking
Introduction provides Introduction provides Introduction provides Introduction provides
poor level of background of paper good level of superior level of
Demonstration of thought background of paper missing some key background of paper background of paper
process and analysis of problem Structure of paper is elements Structure of paper is Structure of paper is
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and resolution using own not clear and is Structure of paper is clear, and train of very clear and easy to
thoughts and ideas difficult to follow not clear, and it is not thought process is follow train of
train of thought easy to follow train of understandable thought process
process thought process Conclusion mostly Conclusion follows
 Conclusion does not Conclusion follows follows logically from logically from body of
follow logically from from body of paper body of paper paper
body of paper but misses key points Critical Thinking is Critical Thinking is
Critical Thinking is Critical Thinking is not present: logical present through:
lacking: missing fully present: missing argumentation & logical argumentation
logical argumentation key points of logical reasoning shows, & reasoning, concrete
& reasoning, concrete argumentation & reasonable examples examples & valid
examples & valid reasoning, concrete & valid inferences are inferences
inferences examples & valid made
inferences
Style & Mechanics
7th Ed. APA Manual is 7th Ed. APA Manual is
7th Ed. APA Manual is 7th Ed. APA Manual is
not followed or there followed with no
followed with followed with minor
are significant errors errors including:
significant errors in: errors in:
in: properly formatted
APA title page & formatted title page,
title page & title page, properly
references pages. In- formatted references
references pages. In- formatted references
Application of the requirements 10 text citations, pages, in-text
text citations, pages, in-text
of the 7th APA manual to create paraphrasing and citations,
paraphrasing and citations are correctly
a standardized formatted report direct quotes are paraphrasing and
direct quotes are used, paraphrasing
lacking but do not rise direct quotes are
quite inadequate but and direct quotes are
to the level of adequately used in
do not rise to the properly used in the
plagiarism the correct context
level of plagiarism correct context
Grammar and Grammar and
Grammar and
sentence structure sentence structure Grammar and
Grammar/Punctuation/Spelling sentence structure
has major problems has problems sentence structure
mostly follows
following standard following standard follows standard
Use of proper English language standard English rules
10 English rules and English rules and English rules and
grammar, spelling and and reads reasonably
reads with difficulty reads with some reads well with
punctuation to create a well with few errors
with major errors in difficulty with errors excellent punctuation
readable paper. in punctuation and
punctuation and in punctuation and and spelling
spelling
spelling spelling
Readability & Style Sentences are lacking Sentences need to be Sentences are mostly Sentences are
in completeness, more complete, clear, complete, clear, consistently
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Clarity of thought and clearness, concise and well- concise and well- complete, clear,
appropriate level of language conciseness and are constructed. constructed. concise and well-
use that brings the author's not well-structured. Transitions do not Transitions mostly constructed with
thoughts and ideas to the Transitions do not maintain flow of maintain flow of strong, varied
reader. maintain flow of thought well. thought. structure.
thought. Words are not precise Words are mostly Transitions
Words are and have some precise with little consistently maintain
ambiguous. ambiguity. ambiguity. flow of thought.
Tone is inappropriate Tone is not Tone is mostly Words are quite
to appropriate to appropriate to precise and
audience/assessment. audience/assessment. audience/assessment. unambiguous.
Colloquial language Colloquial language Colloquial language Tone is completely
or inappropriate use or inappropriate use or inappropriate use appropriate to
of paraphrasing is of paraphrasing is of paraphrasing is audience/assessment.
used. used too much. used sparingly. No colloquial
language or
inappropriate use of
paraphrasing used.
Marks 100 Additional comments