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Program Assessment Paper Grading Rubric

Student Name _______________________________

CATEGORY

10

7

5

2

Required Elements

· Cover Page

· At least 3 FULL pages

· Reference page

The paper includes all required elements

(10 points will be given if this category is met)

All but 1 of the required elements are included in the paper.

Several required elements were missing.

Content

· 3 full pages of written work

· Detailed discussion of:

· The program description

· What the program is trying to accomplish

· How it tries to bring about change

· Program expectations

· Who attends the programs

· How people get involved/ success stories

· Gaps in programs

· Possible solutions

All items of importance in the paper are clearly stated and clearly supported (i.e. Introduce the program, what the program is trying to accomplish and how it tries to bring about changes, explain the programs expectations in activities, resources (funding), who attends the program, how people get involved in the program, if available what are some success stories, you are expected to find gaps and offer possible solutions).

4 items of importance in the paper are clearly stated AND support your findings.

3 items of importance in the paper are clearly stated but lack supportive findings.

Paper did not meet page requirement, OR only 2 important items were reported, OR items were not properly supported.

Scholarly References

· 4 Scholarly sources used

The paper included 4 primary resources including additional resources (i.e. more than 5 sources)

The paper included 4-3 primary resources

The paper included 2 primary resources

The paper included 1 or less primary resources

APA

The paper demonstrates exception use of APA rules (i.e. proper citations, double space, running head, times new roman, formatting, 0-2 plagiarism percentage)

The paper demonstrates use of APA but has 1-2 APA errors (i.e. no page numbers, wrong use of citation, 3-5% plagiarism)

The paper demonstrates use of some APA formatting but has 3-4 APA errors (i.e. 6-8% plagiarism)

The paper did not use APA format or exceeded more than 5 APA errors (i.e. errors in title page, reference page, citations, and more than 9% plagiarism)

Grammar

There are no grammatical/mechanical mistakes in the paper.

There are 1-2 grammatical/mechanical mistakes in the paper.

There are 3-4 grammatical/mechanical mistakes in the paper.

There are more than 4 grammatical/mechanical mistakes in the paper.