Table A1 Rubric for expansion assessment... | Emerald Publishing

Table A1

Rubric for expansion assessment

	1	2	3	4
Topic sentence/Claim	No evidence of a claim in response to the question	Claim about the impact of racism on Major Taylor is not clear	Claim to the question is clearly stated	Makes a clear claim about how Major Taylor was impacted or not impacted by racism
Supporting sentences	1 supporting sentence	2 supporting sentences	3 supporting sentences	4–5 clear sentences
Use of sources	0 sources used to support claim	1 source used to support claim	2 sources used to support claim	3 or more sources used to support claim
Argumentation	Paragraph lacks a clear organization of an argument to support claim	Paragraph has limited details. Shows effort to create order using sources, but the use of sources does not align with the claim	Paragraph's claim and sources are cohesive, but the argument is not clear	The paragraph's claim and sources are cohesive and communicate a clear argument

	1	2	3	4
Topic sentence/Claim	No evidence of a claim in response to the question	Claim about the impact of racism on Major Taylor is not clear	Claim to the question is clearly stated	Makes a clear claim about how Major Taylor was impacted or not impacted by racism
Supporting sentences	1 supporting sentence	2 supporting sentences	3 supporting sentences	4–5 clear sentences
Use of sources	0 sources used to support claim	1 source used to support claim	2 sources used to support claim	3 or more sources used to support claim
Argumentation	Paragraph lacks a clear organization of an argument to support claim	Paragraph has limited details. Shows effort to create order using sources, but the use of sources does not align with the claim	Paragraph's claim and sources are cohesive, but the argument is not clear	The paragraph's claim and sources are cohesive and communicate a clear argument