Executive Summary Assessment Rubric
Criteria 1 —Limited 2 3—Proficient 4 5—Advanced
Student includes • Topic may be identified, but • Most key concepts are • All key concepts are identified.
essential content— not key concepts. identified. • Supporting information is
Identifying key • Examples may be included • Supporting information is omitted unless essential to
concepts and along with supporting details. briefly summarized. summary.
Or • Demonstrates an ability to • Demonstrates an ability to
condensing relevant
• Student indiscriminately lists generalize information. synthesize information.
supporting
information.
information to explain
the concepts.
Student organizes • Organization is random or • Organization is orderly. • Organization is logical.
information from the disconnected. • Some transition words are • Transitions smoothly link each
presentation in a • Information does not follow the used to connect information. point together.
logical format. sequence of ideas from the • There is indication of the • There is a clear sequence of
original. logical flow of information in main ideas and supporting
the original. points.
Student demonstrates • Writing is unclear or simplistic. • Writing is understandable. • Writing is clear and expressive.
control of the written • Sentences are choppy or • Sentences are complete, but • Sentences connect with a
form. awkward. may be mechanical. natural flow/rhythm and are
• Convention errors make • Convention errors do not make varied in style.
writing hard to understand. writing hard to understand. • Few convention errors occur.
• Word choice is simple or not • Word choice is appropriate to • Word choice is specific and
appropriate to the subject. the subject. accurate.
• Subject specific vocabulary is • Some subject specific • Subject specific vocabulary is
missing. vocabulary appears in the applied with understanding.
Or summary. • Student uses her/his own words
• Student may copy much of the • Student mostly uses his/her in a natural way.
content from the presentation. own words.