MIU Holistic Writing Rubric

Holistic Writing Rubric

Capstone

This writing demonstrates a thorough understanding of context, audience, and purpose that is responsive to the assigned task throughout the work. It organizes with some subtlety appropriate, relevant, and compelling content to fulfill this purpose. It shows mastery of the evidence and conventions appropriate to the discipline in which it is written and has a graceful command of language that is virtually error-free.

Proficient

This writing demonstrates an adequate consideration of context, audience, and purpose together with a focus on the assigned task. It organizes without strain appropriate and relevant content to explore ideas that address its purpose. It demonstrates awareness of the evidence and conventions appropriate to the discipline in which it is written, while not always able to summon the most convincing evidence. It displays a straightforward use of language that conveys its meaning without vagueness or ambiguity and has only a few errors.

Progressing

This writing demonstrates awareness of context, audience, and purpose in the context of the assigned task. It organizes, sometimes a bit clumsily, appropriate and relevant content to develop and explore ideas through most of the work. It attempts, not always successfully, to use credible and/or relevant ideas that are appropriate to the discipline and genre of the writing. It uses language that generally conveys meaning to readers with clarity, although writing may include errors and ambiguities.

Basic

While initially addressing the assigned task, the writing may show minimal attention to context, audience, and purpose, and may not complete the assigned task. It develops content that is relatively simple, general, or ill-defined. It attempts to use a consistent system for basic organization, but is not yet aware of genres or disciplinary conventions. There are enough errors in syntax and usage to impede meaning and undermine credibility.