Assessment Rubric for Annotated Bibliography (UTEP)

CATEGORY

Quantity of
sources

Document cites Document is

Document is two
the number of either one source to three sources
sources outlined over or under theover or under the
in the
required number required number
assignment.
of sources.
of sources.

Document is
Document is
four to five
more than five
sources over or sources over or
under the
under the number
required number of required
of sources.
sources.

All sources cited Most sources

can be
cited can be
considered
considered
reliable and/or reliable and/or
trustworthy.
trustworthy.

Some sources can

be considered
reliable and/or
trustworthy.

Few sources
cited can be
considered
reliable and/or
trustworthy.

Little or no
reliable and/or
trustworthy
sources cited.

20 pts.

Excellent varietyGood variety of

of sources; cites sources; cites
more than four four types of
types of sources. sources.

Adequate variety
of sources; cites
three types of
sources.

Poor variety of
sources; cites
two types of
sources.

No variety of
sources; cites only
one type of
source.

Writing
fluency of
annotations
25 pts.

All annotations
are thoughtful,
complete, and
well written.

Most
annotations are
thoughtful,
complete, and
well written.

Some annotations Most

are well written annotations are
but some are
lacking in
lacking in
completeness,
completeness,
thought, and/or
thought, and /or writing quality.
writing quality.

All annotations
are lacking in
completeness,
thought, and/or
writing quality.

APA or MLA
Citations are
Documentation formatted
correctly in the
document.

There are a few

formatting
errors in the
documents
citations.

There are some There are many

formatting errors and/or frequent
in the documents formatting
citations.
errors in the
documents
citations.

There is little or
no adherence to
APA format in the
document.

10 pts.
Quality
/Reliability of
Sources
20 pts.
Variety of
Sources

25 pts.