ETHICAL ISSUE PAPER RUBRIC
| Exemplary | Accomplished | Developing | Beginning | Unsatisfactory | Total | |
| APA Format: Cover pageReference page | Cover page with title done correctly. Reference page arranged alphabetically with proper indenting; appropriate information with correct punctuation, capitalization, and italics. | Cover page with title is present, but not correctly formatted. Reference page with few errors in formatting or omissions. | Cover page with title is present, but not correctly formatted. Reference page with some errors in formatting or omissions. | Cover page with title is present, but not correctly formatted. Reference page with many errors in formatting or omissions. | Not all required information is on the cover page. Reference page with numerous errors in formatting or omissions. | /20 |
| Paper Format | Paper with correct format (APA, font, point, spacing). Minimum of 1250 words. Source citations with correct format and usage. | Paper with some errors in format (APA, font, point, spacing). Word count > 1000 < 1250. Source citations with few errors in format and usage. | Paper with some errors in format (APA, font, point, spacing). Word count > 750 < 1250. Source citations with some errors format and usage. | Paper with many errors in format (APA, font, point, spacing). Word count > 500 < 1250. Source citations with many errors in format and usage. | Paper with numerous errors in format (APA, font, point, spacing). Word count < 500. Source citations with numerous errors in format and usage. | /20 |
| Organization/Coherence | Uses a logical structure appropriate to paper’s subject and purpose. Sophisticated transitional sentences (develops one idea from the previous one or identify their logical relations). | Uses some logical structure appropriate to paper’s aim. Some logical links may be faulty, but each paragraph clearly relates to paper’s goal. Uses some transitional devices. | Ideas are arranged randomly rather than logically and sentence arrangement is not coherent. If used, transitions are not logic‐ based. | Random organization, lacking paragraph/sentence coherence Uses few or inappropriate transitions. | Poor organization; Lacks transitions and coherence. | /50 |
| Grammar, Syntax and Spelling | Free of grammar, syntax and spelling errors. | A few (1-5) grammar, syntax and/or spelling errors are present. | Some (>5<10) grammar, syntax and/or spelling errors are present. | Significant (>10) grammar, syntax and/or spelling errors are present. | Numerous grammar, syntax and/or spelling errors are present. | /10 |
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