Rubrics Program Overview

To establish standards in measuring and evaluating the development of APUS student's writing skills, the Learning Outcomes Assessment Council designed, developed, and implemented rubric matrices.  These rubrics measured student competencies in the following areas:  1) Focus/Thesis, 2) Organizational Skills, 3) Grammar/Style/Mechanics, 4) Content/Subject Knowledge, 5) Critical Thinking Skills, 6) Use of Computer Technology/Applications, and 7) Synthesis/Analysis.

Writing rubrics are made available to Faculty on three levels for APUS courses:

Lower Level Undergraduate Course (100-200 level courses)

Upper Level Undergraduate Course (300-400 level courses)

Graduate Course (500-700 level courses)