Forums Rubric

Scoring Criteria
Scoring Criteria: Forums
 Ideas and Support
7.5		 Communication of Ideas
2.5
Excellent

E

 Provides insightful ideas and thorough explanations. Support is specific, relevant, and accurate. Student demonstrates a confident and perceptive understanding of the assigned task. Writing is fluent and effectively organized. Vocabulary is precise, accurate and effective. Confident control of sentence construction, grammar, and mechanics.
Proficient

Pf

 Provides meaningful ideas and appropriate explanations. Support is relevant and appropriate but may contain minor errors. Student demonstrates a proficient and clear understanding of the assigned task. Writing is proficiently organized. Vocabulary is specific, accurate and appropriate. Proficient control of sentence construction, grammar, and mechanics.
Satisfactory

S

 Provides straightforward ideas and general explanations. Support is relevant but general and/or incompletely developed. Student demonstrates an acceptable understanding of the assigned task. Writing is generally clear and functionally organized. Vocabulary is appropriate and generally accurate, but not specific. Satisfactory control of sentence construction, grammar, and mechanics. Minor errors do not seriously interfere with communication.
Limited

L

 Provides ideas and/or explanations that are limited and overgeneralized. Support is superficial and may not always be relevant. Student demonstrates a limited understanding of the assigned task. Writing is uneven and/or incomplete. Vocabulary is general and/or imprecise and/or inappropriate. Faltering control of sentence construction, grammar, and mechanics.
Poor

P

 Provides ideas and/or explanations that are minimal and/or tangential. Support, if present, is superficial, incomplete, and/or marginally relevant. Student demonstrates a minimal understanding of the assigned task. Writing is unclear and disorganized. Vocabulary is ineffective and frequently incorrect. Lack of control of sentence construction, grammar, and mechanics.
Insufficient

INS

 Insufficient is a special category. It is not an indicator of quality. It is assigned to responses that are off-topic, do not contain a discernible attempt to address the task, or that are too brief to assess in any scoring category.