4th grade research paper writing rubric

The grade 2 rubric has not changed. Grade 3 has a new writing rubrics aligned to writing standard W.RBPK.8. The content of the rubrics has largely remained the same in grades 4 through high school with some language revised for clarity. Perhaps the largest revision is found in the sequencing of the four traits.

This placement reflects the logical order of the writing process as well as best instructional practice—writers focus their ideas and then supply relevant evidence to support those ideas. The Tennessee writing rubrics for U.S. History are designed to score the student responses from the writing portion of the TNReady assessment.

The TNReady writing rubrics are designed to be applied holistically rather than through a checklist. Each student response is unique, and each rubric score point is broad. Annotated student anchor papers serve as examples of how the rubrics are applied to individual papers and represent a range of performance levels.

Paper is exceptionally researched, contains 7 sources total (including 3 peer reviewed articles); the sources support the thesis argument in a logical manner. References are correctly cited. Information relates to the main topic. Paper, is well-researched in detail and from 7 good sources (including 3 peer-reviewed articles).