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Essay Evaluation Rubric
Directions: This rubric will be used to evaluate the final draft of your essay. The instructor
will not check your essay for just grammar errors alone. He/She will look at other areas that
make a good essay. You may want to ask yourself the following questions.
1. What do these words mean: Content, Organization, Language Usage, Grammar
Usage, and Mechanics?
2. What makes a good essay?
3. If I don’t have any grammar errors in my essay, does that mean that I will get a good
score?
Student: Date:
Score Level Criteria
Comments
Content
30-27 Excellent to Very Good: Knowledgeable,
substantive development of thesis, relevant
to assigned topic
26-22 Good to Average: sure knowledge of
subject, adequate range, limited
development of thesis, mostly relevant to
topic, but lacks detail
21-17 Fair: limited knowledge of subject, little
substance, inadequate development of topic
16-13 Needs Much Improvement: does not
show knowledge of subject, not many
details, not relevant to assigned topic OR not
enough to evaluate.
Organization
20-18 Excellent to Very Good: fluent
expression, ideas clearly stated/supported,
succinct, well-organized, logical sequencing,
cohesive
17-14 Good to Average: somewhat choppy,
loosely organized, but main ideas stand out,
limited support, logical but incomplete
sequencing
13-10 Fair: non-fluent, ideas are confusing or