| Assessment Criteria and Performance Standards for Reports |
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Assessmen t criteria |
Mark | Performance Standard |
| Low – Learning outcome not achieved | Low but some evidence of attainment of required learning outcome | Learning outcome achieved as required but some inaccuracie s and errors | Learning outcome achieved as required with very few inaccuracies or errors | Exceptional attainment of learning outcome with additional outcomes and information |
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Executive Summary |
/20 | 0 - 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| No clear executive summary and introduction provided | Brief executive summary and introduction but incomplete and inaccurate | Executive summary and introduction provided but could be more concise and clear | Clear executive summary and introduction provided too wordy | Clear, concise and well expressed executive summary and introduction |
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Internal factors analysis |
/20 | 0 - 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| No evident research into the topic | Some research evident but little quantifiable research presented | Some research is evident but limited citations appropriate to context | Adequate secondary and some primary research is evident with supporting data and citations appropriate to context | Primary and secondary research and data collection is extensive with particularly insightful citations |
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External factor anlaysis |
/20 | 0 - 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| Very little or no evidence of understanding of the topic | Some understanding of the topic evident but with little evidence of analysis | Understanding of the topic evident – some critical thinking with analysis and synthesis of available literature | Good understanding of the topic with evidence of critical thinking with deep analysis and synthesis of information | Very high level of understanding of the topic with insightful evaluative comments and conclusions |
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Challenges conclusion and recommendation |
/20 | 0 - 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| No clear recommendati o n or conclusion Provided | Brief conclusion and recommendatio n provided but not particularly clear or relevant | Well summarised but not totally relevant to context | Well summarised clear, relevant and concise conclusion & recommendatio n | Exceptional conclusion & recommendatio n - clear, concise and insightful |
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Report Structure, writing style, grammar and references |
/20 | 0 - 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| Very poor structure, grammatical expression and | Some evidence of desired structure with low levels of | Structured report with average levels of writing ability | Good structured report with high level of writing ability – clear | Very good structured with very high level of writing ability |
| spelling errors | writing ability | with some | concise | with no |
| | evident, simple | spelling and | expression with | grammatical or |
| | expression with | grammatical | few grammatical | spelling errors. |