| | Unsatisfactory | Limited | Sufficient | Excellent |
| Quality of Writing, Proofreading, and APA | Written responses contain numerous spelling errors. Uses longer statements and/or multiple sentences per bullet point. No citations or references are included. | Written responses include some spelling errors. May have longer statements rather than simple phrases. Citations and references are not sufficient or in proper APA format. | Written responses are largely free of spelling errors. Uses simple phrases. Abbreviations are mostly easy to follow. Proper APA citations are included. References include all assigned materials, but may contain some format errors. | Written responses are free of spelling errors. Uses simple phrases. Abbreviations are easy to follow. Proper APA citations are included. References include all assigned materials and any additional materials in APA format. |
| Organization | Building blocks are not organized by topic or content. Formatting or lack of formatting makes it difficult to determine if categories were used. | Categories may not be labeled, bulleted, or contain summary statements. Content within some categories has a logical relationship, but may be difficult to follow. | Categories are labeled, bulleted, and the summary statements are easy to distinguish from the content. Content within most categories has a logical relationship. | Visually pleasing. Looks professional. Categories are labeled, bulleted, and the summary statements are easy to distinguish from the content. Content within each category has a logical relationship. |
| Use of Materials | Does not cover all of the assigned materials. | | | Covers all assigned materials. |
| Critical Analysis in Category Development | No integration of assigned materials; grouped by author/article. May use categories given by the instructor (taxes, regulation, lobby). | Attempts to integrate assigned content yet keeps categories generic (pros/cons) or has some grouped by author/article. May have too few categories. | Critical analysis produces specific categories, but does not integrate all assigned material well. | Critical analysis integrates content into several specific categories. Categories are framed well with clarity and distinction. |
| Category Summary Statements & Overall Conclusion | No category summary statements or overall conclusion are given. | Category summary statements may be limited to phrasing from the authors/articles. The overall conclusion may not be supported by the categories and summary statements. | Category summary statements may vary from an interpretation of the content to exact phrasing of the authors. The overall conclusion draws from most of the categories and summary statements. | Summary statements clearly interprets the content for each category. The overall conclusion draws from all categories and summary statements and answers – how are Business & #### related? |
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