Report Writing Rubric

Name of Student(s): Kelly DeCosta

Practicum:

656 (Academic)

Date: August 16, 2013

675 (Cog/Neuro)

676 (S-E/Behvr)

Evaluations are relative to the student's current level of training. It is expected that student skill level will increase with each
practicum. Use N/A to indicate that the supervisee has not had an opportunity to attempt the task or demonstrate the skill.
Students must obtain a rating of Acceptable or Exemplary on a minimum of 6 of 9 criteria to pass this assignment. Any rating of
unacceptable will mean an automatic fail of this task. If the student has not had an opportunity to attempt the task or demonstrate
the skills and is marked as N/A, it will be considered equal to acceptable.

Unacceptable (Fail)

Below Acceptable

Acceptable (Pass)

Exemplary (Pass)

Referral
Question

Referral question absent or

too vague to answer

Referral question present;

problems with clarity
and/or specificity

Referral question present;

minor problems with clarity
OR specificity

Clear and specific

referral question

Case
Conceptualization

Missing, incomplete case

conceptualization, or gross
misunderstanding of case;
unclear connections

Missing some
understanding of
connections between
background information,
referral, and data

Demonstrating a
sophisticated
understanding of
connections b/w
background info,
referral, and data

Integration of
Client
Performance

Describes client
performance based solely
on test scores

Describes client
performance primarily
based on test scores with
little to limited analysis.

Adequate connections
between background
information, referral, and
data Missing minor
connections between
background information,
referral, and data
Adequate integration and
analysis of client
performance with rare
instances of simply reporting
scores.

Summary

Limited review of client

performance with little to
no connection to referral
question & hypotheses,
focusing on W; Simply
restated performance.
Disjointed.

Adequate review of client

performance; Missing key
pieces of info related to
referral questions &
hypotheses; restated results
on occasion, focusing on
W; including some S

Strengths and Weaknesses

Thorough review of client

performance highlighting
salient info related to referral
questions & hypotheses,
providing both S & W1

Clearly & analytically

describes client
performance (test
scores can be
reported
parenthetically)
Thorough and concise
review of client
performance
highlighting salient info
related to referral
questions &
hypotheses, providing
both S & W

N/A

Comments

Acceptable

Acceptable

Unacceptable (Fail)

Below Acceptable

Acceptable (Pass)

Exemplary (Pass)

Diagnostic
Conclusions/
Clinical
Impressions

Conclusions are not linked

to referral questions &
hypotheses.
OR
Demonstrate a gross lack
of current understanding
of disorder/concern
OR
No rationale for diagnosis
or lack thereof or
inappropriate diagnosis

Somewhat linked to referral

questions, hypotheses,
background information,
data and current
knowledge of
disorder/concern;
Unclear rationale for
diagnosis or lack thereof

Mostly linked referral

questions, hypotheses,
background information,
data and current knowledge
of disorder/concern.
Clear rationale for diagnosis
or lack thereof.

Clearly linked to
referral questions,
hypotheses,
background
information, data, and
current knowledge of
disorder/concern
Clear rationale for
diagnosis or lack
thereof

Recommendat
ions

Recommendations
demonstrate major
disconnect to referral
question or do not
effectively address major
areas of S/W; too vague to
be useful

Recommendations
somewhat related to
referral questions and
addressing some areas of
S/W in report

Recommendations related
to referral questions and
addressing most areas of
S/W in report

Targeted
recommendations
clearly related to
referral questions and
addressing areas of
S/W in report

Limited logic & clarity w/in

& b/w paragraphs
decreases readability; few
transitions; frequently
choppy

Logic & clarity w/in & b/w

paragraphs unclear in
several places;
Simple or choppy
transitions

Logical, clear order b/w

paragraphs
Logical clear order w/in
paragraphs
Mostly smooth transitions

Logical, clear order

between and within
paragraphs
Smooth transitions and
flow

Limited variety of
sentences; informal style,
awkward or inappropriate
wording; difficult to read

Some variety of sentence

structure; informal tone; a
few awkward passages

Varied sentence structure;

with good flow; professional
tone; few awkward
passages

Varied sentence
structure; professional
tone; easy to read

Noticeable errors

Occasional errors

Few to no errors

Organization
General

Sentence
Structure &
Word Choice

Grammar &
Many errors significantly
Mechanics:
detract from clarity
(sentences,
capitalizations,
punctuation,
grammar,
spelling)
Overall Report Quality:

Pass

Fail

Signature of Instructor: __________________________________

N/A

Comments

Acceptable

Exemplary

Acceptable

Acceptable