iRubric: NFCC General Education Competency Rubrics: Communication

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NFCC General Education Competency Rubrics: Communication Rubric Code: VX6A67C By shtaylor Ready to use Public Rubric Subject: Communication Type: Assessment Grade Levels: Undergraduate

Gen Ed: Communication Indicators of Good Writing
	Mastery (N/A)	Proficient (N/A)	Developing (N/A)	Unsatisfactory (N/A)
Thesis Essay includes a thesis containing a topic and an idea suitable to the length of the assignment	Mastery Suitable thesis containing both a narrowed topic and focused idea	Proficient Thesis contains both a topic and idea although it might be broad and/or lack specific focus	Developing No clear thesis presented, only a topic designated	Unsatisfactory No clear thesis presented; off topic
Organization Essay is organized with an introduction, conclusion, and at least two development paragraphs	Mastery Paragraphs pursue the narrowed and focused idea in a coherent, logical way	Proficient Paragraphs pursue the thesis in a coherent, logical way	Developing Paragraphs do not consistently discuss ideas related to the thesis or topic	Unsatisfactory Paragraphs are incoherent
Support Essay development paragraphs contain examples that illustrate the idea	Mastery Examples are specific and illustrative of the controlling idea being discussed	Proficient Examples are general and illustrative of the controlling idea being discussed	Developing Examples are unconnected or unrelated to the controlling idea	Unsatisfactory Examples are absent
Standard English Essay is written in Standard English	Mastery The essay contained few if any grammatical or usage errors	Proficient The essay is literate but may contain some common errors	Developing The essay is literate, but contains many errors	Unsatisfactory The essay is incomprehensible
Gen Ed: Communication Indicators of Good Reading
Comprehension Essay demonstrates student's understanding of explicit textual evidence	Mastery Correctly identifies and accurately reports major and minor details from the reading	Proficient Correctly identifies and accurately reports important details/facts from the reading	Developing Misreads and misreports significant details in the reading	Unsatisfactory References to significant details in the meeting are missing
Synthesis Essay demonstrates student's ability to interpret and apply textual evidence	Mastery Connects significant detail to the author’s purpose, context, and to the purpose of the assignment	Proficient Connects sufficient detail to the author’s purpose and context	Developing Connects some, but an insufficient amount of detail to the author’s purpose and context	Unsatisfactory Failure to connect any detail to the author’s purpose