A rubric to determine the score of an article review. It can be used for holistic scoring or even analytic.

1. Rubric for Article Review- Multiple Births
Criteria Exemplary (4) Effective (3) Minimal (2) Unsatisfactory (1)
Content of
Review
 In depth and well
organized content. Easy
to understand. Shorter
then article.
 Excellent summary-
summarizes all of the
most important facts.
 Writing is free of errors.
 Summary is student’s
own words. Writing is
highly effective.
 Student summary
exceeds average peer
perspective and
understanding
 Content is adequately
organized and
comprehensive
 Adequate summary-1-2
important facts are
missing.
 Writing has 1-2 errors.
 Most of the student’s
writing is their own
words.
 Content is minimally organized
 Basic summary-did not include a
few important facts
 Writing has more than 3 errors.
 Student needs to use their own
words more when summarizing.
 Content is not organized. Not easy to
understand.
 Incomplete summary-does not
include most of the important facts.
 Evidence of plagiarism
 Does not include personal reflection
 Student did not use own words. Many
areas are verbatim.
 Writing has many errors and distracts
the ready.
Appropriate
Topic
 Relevant to assigned
subject matter and peer
interest
 Article content exceeds
requirements
 Relevant to assigned
subject matter
 Article content meets
expectations
 Minimal relevance to assigned
subject matter
 Article content fails to meet all
requirements
 Not relevant to assigned subject
matter
 Fails to meet content requirements
 Article does not meet minimum
length.
Significance
to Class /
Relativity to
Class
 Article has great
significance. Appropriate
to reader and topic.
 Student displays
understanding of
article’s relevance to
topic by including a
personal reflection.
 Personal reflection
demonstrates
outstanding level of
critical evaluation and
thinking about evidence
presented in the article.
 Article has some
significance
 Student summary meets
project expectations
 Some understanding of
article’s relevance to
topic.
 Includes a personal
reflection.
 Review demonstrates a
good level of critical
evaluation and thinking
about evidence presented
in the article.
 Article has little significance
 Summary meets minimal
expectations
 Little understanding of article’s
relevance to topic
 Includes personal reflection, but is
undeveloped.
 Review demonstrates a fair level of
critical evaluation and thinking about
the evidence presented in the article.
 Article has no significance
 Summary does not meet minimal
expectations
 No understanding of article’s
relevance
 Does not include personal reflection
 Review demonstrates a poor level of
critical evaluation and thinking about
evidence presented in the article.
Article
Submission
 Article printed/copied
and effectively displayed
on 8½ x 11 paper
 Article attached to summary
 Partial documentation of article
 No article

2.  Display of article
includes correct citation
(website address)