sociology

Point Value

Detailed Description of Point Assessment

Simple Explanation

5

An essay scoring a 5 consistently demonstrates the following:

· Inquiry: An exceptional examination of a matter through the interpretation of evidence, instructions, problems, tasks, etc.

· Analysis: Identifies and presents exceptional explanations of complex analyses OR identifies and promotes novel or alternative problem-solving methods.

· Synthesis: Identifies, organizes, and evaluates exceptional arguments OR presents well connected and holistically transformed ideas into original concepts.

· Product: Follows the evidence to present unambiguous conclusions, solutions, and/or products OR transforms the evidence/takes an innovative approach to a task to present innovative and novel conclusions, solutions, and/or products.

Excellent

4

An essay scoring a 4 demonstrates the following:

· Inquiry: A thorough examination of a matter through the interpretation of evidence, instructions, problems, tasks, etc.

· Analysis: Identifies and presents thorough explanations of complex analyses OR identifies novel or alternative problem-solving methods.

· Synthesis: Identifies, organizes, and evaluates thorough arguments OR presents obviously connected ideas.

· Product: Follows the evidence to present unambiguous conclusions, solutions, and/or products OR transforms the evidence/takes an innovative approach to a task to present innovative and novel conclusions, solutions, and/or products.

Good

3

An essay scoring a 3 demonstrates the following:

· Inquiry: An accurate examination of a matter through the interpretation of evidence, instructions, problems, tasks, etc.

· Analysis: Identifies and presents accurate explanations of complex analyses OR identifies appropriate problem-solving methods.

· Synthesis: Identifies, organizes, and evaluates accurate arguments OR presents connected ideas.

· Product: Follows the evidence to present mostly unambiguous conclusions, solutions, and/or products OR effectively uses the evidence/effectively approaches a task to present conclusions, solutions, and/or products.

Competent

2

An essay scoring a 2 demonstrates the following:

· Inquiry: An incomplete examination of a matter through the interpretation of evidence, instructions, problems, tasks, etc.

· Analysis: Identifies and presents incomplete explanations of complex analyses OR identifies inadequate problem-solving methods.

· Synthesis: Identifies, organizes, and evaluates incomplete arguments OR presents weakly connected ideas.

· Product: Somewhat follows the evidence to present unambiguous conclusions, solutions, and/or products OR somewhat uses the evidence/takes a somewhat effective approach to a task to present conclusions, solutions, and/or products.

Marginal

1

An essay scoring a 1 demonstrates the following:

· Inquiry: No examination of a matter through the interpretation of evidence, instructions, problems, tasks, etc.

· Analysis: Does not identify or present explanations of complex analyses OR does not identify appropriate problem-solving methods.

Poor

Point Value

Detailed Description of Point Assessment

Simple Explanation

5

An essay scoring a 5 demonstrates the following:

· Focus: Includes all elements that build upon the thesis

· Organization: Has an effectively creative pattern of development

· Assignment’s Requirements: Enhances the assignment

· Style: Has a flair for style with sustained grammatical accuracy

Excellent

4

An essay scoring a 4 demonstrates the following:

· Focus: Includes all elements that effectively support the thesis

· Organization: Has a clear and consistent pattern of development

· Assignment’s Requirements: Responds clearly to the assignment

· Style: Has an effective style for the rhetorical situation with few interfering sentence-level errors

Good

3

An essay scoring a 3 demonstrates the following:

· Focus: Has a clear thesis but one or two digressive or unsupportive elements

· Organization: Has a few minor problems (missing transition, short introduction and/or conclusion, etc.)

· Assignment’s Requirements: Meets the assignment’s requirements

· Style: Has an inconsistent style and/or sentence-level errors, but meaning is not compromised

Competent

2

An essay scoring a 2 demonstrates the following:

· Focus: Involves a missing thesis and/or insufficient support

· Organization: Involves missing transitions, introduction, and/or conclusion

· Assignment’s Requirements: Ignores several requirements

· Style: Has an obstructive style and/or contains sentence-level errors that begin to hoard the reader’s attention

Marginal

1

An essay scoring a 1 demonstrates the following:

· Focus: Involves a missing thesis, no support, and/or plagiarized evidence

· Organization: Rambles from one thing to another with no attempt at a consistent development

· Assignment’s Requirements: Does not meet the majority of requirements

· Style: Has an offensive style and/or includes sentence-level errors that are glaring throughout the paper and meaning is lost

Poor