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ResearchReportRubric:Grade8

Name___________________________

Explanation
ofideas
(claimor
thesis)and
information

68RH.07

Organization

68WWS.01b
68WWS.01d
68WWS.04

Citations
68RH.01

Content

8ER.01

AdvancedProficiency5

Proficient4

BasicProficiency3

ApproachingProficiency2

Claimorthesisisstrong
Claimorthesisisclearly
Claimorthesisisclearbut
Theessayisaboutsome
andclearlystated.
stated.
maybeoverlysimple.
kindofopeningstatement.

Usesveryrelevant,
Usessufficientclear,
Usessomerelevant
Usessomerelevant
wellchosendescriptions,
relevantdescriptions,facts descriptions,facts,details
descriptions,factsand
facts,details,and
anddetailstoconvincingly andexamplesthatsupport
details,buttheremaynot
examplestosupportclaim supportclaimorthesis.
ideasclaimorthesisis
beenoughorsomemay
orthesis.

adequatelysupported.
beirrelevant.

Usescrediblesources
Usescrediblesourcesand Usescrediblesourcesand
Attemptstousecredible
andcitesevidence
citesevidence.
attemptsevidencecitation.
sourcesandciteevidence
accurately

butmaynotbeaccurate.

Strongsenseofaudience
Adequatesenseof
Adequatesenseofaudience Littlesenseofpurpose.
andpurpose
audienceandpurpose
andpurpose.

Ideasclearlysupportthe
Ideassupportthethesis
Ideasareconnectedtothe
Someideasarepresent,
thesisandflowinalogical andmovefromonetothe
thesisandmovefromoneto butmightbeloosely
order,emphasizingmain
nextinalogicalorder.
thenextinareasonable
connectedtotheclaimor
pointsinafocusedand

sequence.
thesisornotinalogical
easilyunderstoodmanner.

order.

Introductionand
Introductionand
Introductionandconclusion
Introductionand
conclusionareeffective
conclusionarepresentand arepresent.
conclusionareweakand/
andattentiongetting
wellstated.

orineffective.

Transitionsareused
Transitionsareusedto
Sometransitionsareevident. Fewtransitionsare
effectivelytomove
movefromoneideatothe
evident.
smoothlyfromoneideato
next.
thenext.

Allcontentisproperlycited Mostcontentisproperly
Somecontentiscitedand
Fewcitationsandone
andatleasttwodocuments citedandtwodocuments
onedocumentisused
documentisused
areused
areused
Showsadeepand
profoundunderstandingof
thedevelopmentofthe
content,abletoaddnew
informationtothecontent

Showsadeep
understandingofthe
developmentofthecontent

Showsabasicunderstanding Showsasome
ofcontent
understandingofcontent,
lackingmajorconcepts

BelowProficiency1

Noclaim,thesis,or
unifyingideaisstated.

Usestoofew,or
irrelevantdescriptions,
facts,detailsor
examplestosupport
ideas.

Sourcesarenot
credibleoraccurateand
arenotproperlycited.

Nosenseofpurpose.

Thereislittle
connectionfromone
ideatothenext.

Introductionor
conclusionnotpresent.

Fewornotransitions
areevident.

Nocitationsandno
documentsareused
Showsnounderstanding
ofcontent

Research

Includesaproperly
formattedWorksCited
pagereflectingvarious
authoritative(relevant,
recent,reliable,
representative)sources

Includesaproperly
formattedWorksCited
pagereflectingquality
source(s)

IncludesaWorksCited
page

Listsresourcesused

Doesnotlistresources

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