Economic Framework Building Blocks
Unsatisfactory
Limited
Sufficient
Excellent
Quality of
Writing
,
Proofreading
, and
APA
Written responses contain
numerous
spelling errors
.
Uses longer statements
and/or multiple sentences
per bullet point.
N
o citations
or references
are
included.
Written responses include
some
spelling errors
.
May
have lo
nger statements rather
than simple phrases.
Citations
and references
are
not sufficient
or in proper
APA format
.
Written responses are
largely free of
spelling
errors.
Uses simple phrases.
Abbreviations are mostly
easy to follow.
Proper APA
c
itations are included
.
References include
all
assigned materials
, but may
contain some
format
errors.
Written responses are free of
spelling errors.
Uses simple
phrases.
Abbreviations are easy to
follow.
Proper APA c
itations are
included
.
References include
all
assigned materials and any
additional
materials
in APA
format
.
Organization
Building blocks are not
organized by topic or
content. Formatting or lack
of fo
rmatting makes it
difficult to determine if
categories were used.
Categories
may not be
labele
d
, bulleted,
or
contain
summary statements
.
Content within
some
c
ategor
ies
has a logical
relationship
, but may be
difficult to follow.
Categories are
labele
d
,
bulleted, and the summary
statements are easy
to
distinguish from the content.
Content within
most
c
ategor
ies
has a logical
relationship
.
Visually pleasing. Looks
professional. Categories are
labele
d
, bulleted, and the summary
statements are easy
to distinguish
from the content.
Content within
each c
ategory
has a logical
relationship
.
Use of Materials
Does not cover all
of the
assigned materials.
Covers all assigned materials.
Critical
Analysis
in Category
Develop
ment
N
o integration of
assign
ed
material
s
; grouped
by
author
/ar
ticle
.
May use
categories given by the
instructor (taxes, regulation,
lobby).
Attemp
ts to
inte
grate
assigned
content
yet keeps
cat
egories generic
(pros/cons
)
or
has some
grouped
by author
/article
.
May have
too
few categories.
Cr
i
tical analysis produces
specific categories
,
but
does
not integrate
all
assigned
material
well
.
Critical analysis integrates content
into several specific categories.
Categories are framed well with
clarity and distinct
ion.
Category
Summary
Statements
&
Overall
Conclusion
No
category
summary
statements
or
overall
conclusion
are given.
Category s
ummary
statements
may be
limited to
phrasing from the
authors
/articles
.
T
h
e
overall
conclusion
may
n
ot be
supported by the categories
and summary statement
s.
Cate
gory s
ummary
statements
may
vary from an
interpretation of the content
to exact phrasing of the
authors.
The overall
con
clusion draws from most
of
the categories and
summary statement
s
.
Summary statements
clearly
interpret
s
the content
for each
category
.
T
h
e
o
verall concl
usion
draws from
all
cat
egor
ies and
summary
statements
and
answers
–
how
are
Business & ####
related?
Unsatisfactory Limited Sufficient Excellent
Quality of
Writing,
Proofreading, and
APA
Written responses contain
numerous spelling errors.
Uses longer statements
and/or multiple sentences
per bullet point. No citations
or references are included.
Written responses include
some spelling errors. May
have longer statements rather
than simple phrases.
Citations and references are
not sufficient or in proper
APA format.
Written responses are
largely free of spelling
errors. Uses simple phrases.
Abbreviations are mostly
easy to follow. Proper APA
citations are included.
References include all
assigned materials, but may
contain some format errors.
Written responses are free of
spelling errors. Uses simple
phrases. Abbreviations are easy to
follow. Proper APA citations are
included. References include all
assigned materials and any
additional materials in APA
format.
Organization Building blocks are not
organized by topic or
content. Formatting or lack
of formatting makes it
difficult to determine if
categories were used.
Categories may not be
labeled, bulleted, or contain
summary statements.
Content within some
categories has a logical
relationship, but may be
difficult to follow.
Categories are labeled,
bulleted, and the summary
statements are easy to
distinguish from the content.
Content within most
categories has a logical
relationship.
Visually pleasing. Looks
professional. Categories are
labeled, bulleted, and the summary
statements are easy to distinguish
from the content. Content within
each category has a logical
relationship.
Use of Materials Does not cover all of the
assigned materials.
Covers all assigned materials.
Critical Analysis
in Category
Development
No integration of assigned
materials; grouped by
author/article. May use
categories given by the
instructor (taxes, regulation,
lobby).
Attempts to integrate
assigned content yet keeps
categories generic
(pros/cons) or has some
grouped by author/article.
May have too few categories.
Critical analysis produces
specific categories, but does
not integrate all assigned
material well.
Critical analysis integrates content
into several specific categories.
Categories are framed well with
clarity and distinction.
Category
Summary
Statements &
Overall
Conclusion
No category summary
statements or overall
conclusion are given.
Category summary
statements may be limited to
phrasing from the
authors/articles. The overall
conclusion may not be
supported by the categories
and summary statements.
Category summary
statements may vary from an
interpretation of the content
to exact phrasing of the
authors. The overall
conclusion draws from most
of the categories and
summary statements.
Summary statements clearly
interprets the content for each
category. The overall conclusion
draws from all categories and
summary statements and answers
– how are Business & ####
related?