Student Name: ______
CATEGORY / Exemplary / Proficient / Developing / Emerging
Amount of Information / Topic is addressed and all questions answered with at least 4 sentences about each. / Topic is addressed and all questions answered with at least 4-3 sentences about each. / Topic is mostly addressed, and 1-2 questions are not answered. Questions answered with 3-2 sentence about each. / One or more aspects of the topic were not addressed. 2 or more questions are not answered. Questions answered with 3 or less sentences about each.
Quality of Information / Information clearly relates to the main topic. It includes several supporting details and/or examples. / Information clearly relates to the main topic. It provides 1-2 supporting details and/or examples. / Information clearly relates to the main topic. No details and/or examples are given. / Information has little or nothing to do with the main topic.
Research Methods Applied / All research methods show that all sources were appropriate to use; collected all the research needed and applied each research method correctly. / All but one research method shows that the sources were appropriate to use; collected most of the research needed and applied each research method correctly. / All but 1-2 research methods show that the sources were appropriate to use; collected most of the research needed and applied all but 1-2 research methods correctly. / 3 or more research methods do not show that the sources were appropriate to use; collected some of the research needed and applied all but 3 or more research methods correctly.
Sources / Used more than five sources to gather information and conduct research; goes above and beyond project requirements. / Used the required 5 sources to gather information and conduct research. / Used 4 sources to gather information and conduct research; falling 1 source short of project requirements. / Used 3 or less sources to gather information and conduct research; falling 2 or more short of project requirements.
Mechanics / No grammatical, spelling or punctuation errors. / Almost no grammatical, spelling or punctuation errors / A few grammatical spelling or punctuation errors. / Many grammatical, spelling, or punctuation errors.
Legibility & Organization / All research methods are recorded and organized in an extremely neat and orderly fashion. / All research methods are recorded legibly and are mostly organized. / All research methods are recorded but are not all clear and legible. Some to little organization was applied. / Most research methods are recorded but are not all clear and legible. Little to no organization was applied.
Noodlebib / All sources (information and graphics) are accurately documented in the appropriate format. / All sources (information and graphics) are accurately documented, but 1 may not be in the desired format. / All sources (information and graphics) are accurately documented, but 2 or more may not be in the desired format. / Some sources are not accurately documented, 2 or more may not be in the desired format.
Teacher Name: Ms. Graziano
Graziano 2011