Criteria Level 4 Level 3 Level 2 Level 1

30 points

Design choices are

explained and are
reasonable.
23 points
Technical information 16 points 9 points
is reasonably
accurate.
Design choices are
justified. Design choices are Design choices are
Any specific technical limited. not justified.
information is based
Design and Accuracy Some technical
on research/textbook information is
Technical information Technical
as appropriate. missing. is inappropriate. information is
misrepresented.
Assumptions are
Assumptions are not Limited evidence
identified/described.
clear. business or technical Assumptions are not
decisions documented.
The overall design is
Design in not unified.
unified (limited
inconsistencies).

Explanation of
business/technical
reasons for decisions
provided
20 points
10 points
15 points
5 points
All of the topics are
addressed to a
reasonable depth. Topics are present
Some topics are
but not explained Most topics are not
Topic Coverage (Level of missing and/or not
properly. present.
Detail) The paper includes a explained properly.
sufficient level of
technical detail. Information in Chart for manpower
Missing information
scheduling/manpower and estimates is
on manpower
estimate is missing.
Paper provides estimates.
misrepresented.
manpower/scheduling
estimates
10 points
20 points 15 points 5 points

Organization, Quality, Paper has several

Grammar and Spelling Submission is Paper has a couple Work has significant
misspellings and/or
organized logically. misspellings and/or spelling errors and/or
grammatical errors
grammatical errors grammatical errors
and/or is
and/or is 1 or 2 and/or is 4 or more
approximately 3
 Ideas are presented pages outside the pages outside the pages outside the
coherently. assigned length. assigned length. assigned length.

Writing style is
appropriate.

There are very few

errors in grammar or
spelling
16 points 4 points
12 points
8 points
Formatting Formatting
requirements met. requirements are not
Formatting is not
Formatting is met but met.
proper but the length
Paper Requirements Paper length of the paper is met. paper does not have
requirements met. adequate length. Paper is does not
meet length
Diagram is present.
At least one diagram Diagram is requirements.
used. misrepresented.
Title page provided.
No diagram is
Title page provided present.
14 points

7 points
11 points
Any external sources
were cited/quoted.
Reader has difficulty 3 points
Student presents
Citations and following paper
information in logical
quotations used because student
sequence which
appropriately. jumps around. Sequence of
Citation and Quotations reader can follow.
information is difficult
APA format followed There are 3 or more to follow and there
There are at least 5 are less than 3
properly for citations. references with
references, but they
perhaps some variety references.
either lack variety or
At least one non- but APA format may
APA format is not
textbook, non- not have been
followed.
LabSim, non- followed.
Wikipedia resource
referenced
Level 4 Level 3 Level 2 Level 1
Overall Score
19 or more 14 or more 9 or more 0 or more