Update on 5/24/2016: For the last few years I’ve been using this grading rubric for research papers, and I think it works well. It’s based on a 10-point scale (90–100 = A, 80–89 = B, etc.).
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Mark Boda prepared this rubric for grading written assignments:
Grading papers is obviously more subjective than grading multiple choice or true/false, and Boda’s criteria help make the process a little more objective.
The table is from p. 87 of this book:
Stanley E. Porter, ed. Those Who Can, Teach: Teaching as Christian Vocation. McMaster General Series 3. Eugene, OR: Pickwick, 2013.
Just because a person earned a PhD doesn’t mean that they can teach well. (Many of us have painful personal anecdotes from our experiences as students!)
That’s why I’m grateful for books like this. It contains a lot of basics. Overall, it’s very valuable. I’m still relatively young and have tons of room to grow in my teaching, so it served me well.
Related: 10 Issues I Frequently Mark When Grading Theology Papers
Excellent.This is very helpful.
Are there any stand-out essays in the volume?
I found chapters 1–3 more helpful than the others.
I wrote a few more rubrics this semester, so this topic is fresh on my mind. It was helpful to see another one and to compare what I do with what I see in this rubric. April, especially, is “paper-grading season” for me.