Rubric for Observing the Ecocolumn
| Category | Beginning | Developing | Accomplished | Exemplary |
| Content
90 points |
Blank or crossed out | Over a third of the response is incorrect | Partial response. One part of the question is not available or incorrect | Presents a complete response |
| Grammar/ spelling
5 points
|
Very frequent grammar/spelling errors | More than 2 spelling/grammar errors | Only one or two spelling errors | All grammar/spelling correct |
| Attractiveness
5 points |
Illegible writing | Legible writing has one or more crossed out words | Legible writing has some ill-formed letters | Word processed or final draft legibly written, characters formed well and is clean. |