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Appendix B
GEORGETOWN AMERICAN UNIVERSITY
OFFICE OF REGISTRAR

RUBRIC SYSTEM

This rubric system serves as a scoring tool that explicitly describes the instructor's performance
expectations for an assignment or examination. Rubrics can be used to provide feedback to students on
diverse types of assignments, from papers, projects, and oral presentations to artistic performances and
group projects.

Grading Rubric for Multiple Choice Questions (Quiz, Midterm and Final)

Exemplary Competent Developing Not-yet competent
Multiple Choice Answers 90 to Answers 80 to Answers 70 to Answers less than
=1 pt. each 100% of the 89% of the 79% of the 70% of the
questions questions questions questions
correctly correctly correctly correctly

Grading Rubric for Oral Exams (Midterm and Final)

Exemplary Competent Developing Not-yet
(18-20 points) (16-17 points) (14-15 points) competent

Dimensions:
Shows a deep/robust Shows a limited Shows a superficial Shows no
understanding of the understanding of understanding of understanding
Overall topic with a fully the topic, not quite a the topic, argument of the topic and
Understanding developed argument fully developed not developed no argument per
per the categories argument per the enough per the the categories
below categories below categories below below
Clearly articulates a Articulates a Articulates a Does not
Argument position or argument position or position or articulate a
argument that is argument that is position or
incomplete or unfocused or argument
limited in scope ambiguous
Presents evidence Presents evidence Presents evidence Presents a lot of
that is relevant and that is mostly that is somewhat inaccurate
accurate relevant and/or inaccurate and/or and/or
Evidence mostly accurate irrelevant, but irrelevant
Presents sufficient corrects when evidence
amount of evidence Presents limited prompted
to support argument evidence to support Doesn't present
argument Does not present enough
enough evidence to evidence to
support argument, support
but augments when argument, even
prompted

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