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FYWPPortfolioAssessmentRubric

“A” portfolio

• Includes specific analysis of audience expectation(s) and shows how those analyses have informed choices reflected in the writing (e.g., choices of content, form, convention)
• Incorporates evidence from a wide range of sources (e.g., class readings, library research, and/or field research if req’d) in meaningful, purposeful ways
• Shows that writing, reading, and research (if applicable) have been used to develop thorough, thoughtful analyses that go beyond a first response to a question, idea, or study that the writer has conducted
• Shows specific evidence of a process for writing and reflecting on responses from various audiences (e.g., class colleagues and instructor) and explicitly refers to conscious and deliberate actions based on those responses that enrich the writing significantly
• Includes consistent and correct use of conventions appropriate to the genre(s) in the portfolio (e.g., style, punctuation, citations, etc.)

“B” portfolio

• Generally refers to audience expectation(s) and how they have informed the writing (e.g., choices of content, form, convention)
• Incorporates evidence from a wide range of sources in generally purposeful ways
• Shows that writing, reading, and research have been used to engage in thorough, thoughtful *analyses of questions, ideas, or research work
• Shows evidence of a process for writing and reflecting on responses from various audiences and refers generally to conscious and deliberate actions based on those responses that enrich the writing
• Includes generally consistent and correct use of conventions appropriate to the genre(s) in the portfolio

“C” portfolio

• Includes perfunctory details about choices made in the writing
• Incorporates evidence from sources required by the assignment
• Shows writing is used to interpret and develop ideas from readings and other texts
• Shows evidence of a process and for reflecting on responses from various audiences that have been considered and used
• Includes generally consistent and correct use of conventions appropriate to the genre(s) in the portfolio without significant error

“D” portfolio

• Includes little evidence of consideration of audience or of choices made in the writing
• Incorporates minimal evidence from sources
• Shows little evidence of a process for writing and of reflection on audience concerns
• Shows minimal attempts to use writing to interpret and develop ideas from reading and other texts
• Includes inconsistent use of conventions appropriate to the genre(s) in the portfolio

“E” portfolio

• Does not consider audience in writing
• Does not incorporate evidence from sources
• Does not show attempts to use writing to interpret and develop ideas from reading and other texts
• Does not include evidence of a process for writing and for reflection on audience concerns
• Includes little evidence that conventions appropriate to the genre(s) are used