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70141 Group Assignment Fall 2020 40520 Group/Individual Assignment Spring 2019 This rubric is used for a written report that requires accounting students to read a case, work in a group and prepare a group deliverable based on the case prompts. Students also need to research professional literature to provide the correct context to their analysis and evaluation. The rubric considers organization, identification of issues, application of the appropriate literature, analysis, and conclusion. Rubric Code: X2X7X94 Ready to use Public Rubric Subject: Accounting Type: Project Grade Levels: Graduate

ACCT 40520 Fall 2019 Descriptions
	Exceptional 1 pts	Significantly Exceeds Expectations 0.96 pts	Exceeds Expectations 0.92 pts	Exceeds Some Expectations 0.88 pts	Meets All Expectations 0.85 pts	Meets Most Exceptions 0.8 pts	Meets Some Expectations 0.75 pts	Does Not Meet Expectations 0.65 pts
Organization 4 pts	Exceptional Appears exceptionally neat & organized; logical; no spelling or grammar errors; uses active voice; guides the reader through the case; clear & concisel	Significantly Exceeds Expectations Appears neat & organized; logical; no spelling or grammar errors; uses active voice; guides the reader through the case; gets to the point.	Exceeds Expectations Appears mostly neat & organized; logical; no or one spelling or grammar error(s); generally uses active voice; generally guides the reader through the case; mostly gets to the point.	Exceeds Some Expectations Appears generally neat & organized; logical; no or few spelling or grammar error(s); generally uses active voice; generally guides the reader through the case; mostly gets to the point.	Meets All Expectations Generally logical but occasionally skips around; few lapses in grammar or spelling; generally guides the reader; mostly gets to the point.	Meets Most Exceptions Skips around, but addresses all the points; occasional lapses in grammar and or spelling; reader must work to follow the train of thought	Meets Some Expectations Skips around, but addresses most of the points; occasional lapses in grammar and or spelling; reader must work to follow the train of thought	Does Not Meet Expectations Haphazard; difficult to follow; several grammar and or spelling errors; generally sloppy in appearance
Facts & Issues 2 pts	Exceptional Summarizes all of the facts completely; all key facts identified; clearly distinguishes between facts and assumptions. Identifies all of the appropriate key issues; identifies all implied issues, if any; goes well beyond the minimums asked in the case	Significantly Exceeds Expectations Summarizes most of the facts completely; most key facts identified; distinguishes between facts and assumptions. Identifies most of the appropriate issues; identifies most implied issues, if any; goes beyond the minimums asked in the case	Exceeds Expectations Summarizes most or some of the facts completely; most or some key facts identified; distinguishes between facts and assumptions. Identifies most or some of the appropriate issues; identifies most or some implied issues, if any; goes beyond the minimums asked in the case	Exceeds Some Expectations Summarizes some of the facts completely; some key facts identified; distinguishes between facts and assumptions. Identifies some of the appropriate issues; identifies some implied issues, if any; goes beyond the minimums asked in the case	Meets All Expectations Demonstrates an understanding of the facts; some key facts identified; distinguishes between facts and assumptions. Identifies key issues and implied issues; handles the minimum requirements well and recognizes issues beyond them	Meets Most Exceptions Generally understands the facts; does not distinguish between facts and assumptions. Identifies some key issues and implied issues; handles the minimum requirements and recognizes some issues beyond them	Meets Some Expectations Generally understands the facts; does not distinguish between facts and assumptions. identifies some key issues but does not recognize implied issues; does not go beyond the minimum requirements of the case	Does Not Meet Expectations Does not recognize the facts of the case and does not demonstrate an understanding of them; challenges nothing. Does not recognize the key issues of the case; does not understand the questions being asked and/or the accounting questions being posed
Applicable Literature 4 pts	Exceptional Exceptional identification of all applicable literature; does not include any extraneous material; clearly demonstrates the relationship between the selected literature and the issues at hand; recognizes all nuances and subtle relationships between literature and issues	Significantly Exceeds Expectations Identifies all applicable literature; does not include extraneous material; demonstrates the relationship between the selected literature and the issues at hand; recognizes nuances and subtle relationships between literature and issues	Exceeds Expectations Identifies applicable literature; does not include extraneous material; demonstrates the relationship between the selected literature and the issues at hand; recognizes nuances and subtle relationships between literature and issues	Exceeds Some Expectations Identifies most of the applicable literature; does not include extraneous material; demonstrates the relationship between the selected literature and the issues at hand; recognizes nuances and subtle relationships between literature and issues	Meets All Expectations Identifies most of the applicable literature; includes some extraneous material; generally connects the issues to the literature identified but misses some of the subtle points	Meets Most Exceptions Identifies much of the applicable literature; includes some extraneous material; generally connects the issues to the literature identified but misses the subtle points	Meets Some Expectations Identifies some of the appropriate literature but includes much that is not on point; does not connect appropriate literature to all the identified issues	Does Not Meet Expectations Appears to be reaching for anything no matter how remotely related; clips large sections of material and pastes it into the memo in hope that the reader may find some connection; references included are generally irrelevant
Discussion & Analysis 8 pts	Exceptional Presents an exceptionally insightful and thorough analysis of all issues; presents exceptionally persuasive arguments directly relating the facts to the issues and clearly tying them to the identified literature	Significantly Exceeds Expectations Presents an significantly exceeding insightful and thorough analysis of all issues; presents significantly exceeding persuasive arguments directly relating the facts to the issues and clearly tying them to the identified literature	Exceeds Expectations Presents an exceeding exceptions level of an insightful and thorough analysis of all issues; presents an exceeding expectations level of persuasive arguments directly relating the facts to the issues and clearly tying them to the identified literature	Exceeds Some Expectations Presents some exceeding exceptions level of an insightful and thorough analysis of all issues; presents some exceeding expectations level of persuasive arguments directly relating the facts to the issues and clearly tying them to the identified literature	Meets All Expectations Analyzes all the issues in light of the literature identified, but does not connect in some areas; arguments are not always persuasive and leave some work to the reader to connect the dots	Meets Most Exceptions Analyzes most the issues in light of the literature identified, but does not connect in some areas; arguments are not always persuasive and leave some work to the reader to connect the dots	Meets Some Expectations Analyzes some of the issues in light of the literature identified, but does not connect in some areas; arguments are not always persuasive and leave some work to the reader to connect the dots	Does Not Meet Expectations Appears lost; does not understand the issues sufficiently to be able to connect them to the literature and evaluate them; does not understand the case
Conclusion 2 pts	Exceptional Conclusion exceptionally clear from the analysis; conclusion is logical and fully supported; there is no hedging and provides clear and concise understanding to the reader	Significantly Exceeds Expectations Conclusion follows clearly from the analysis; conclusion is logical and supported; there is no hedging and no part of the conclusion is unsupported	Exceeds Expectations Conclusion generally follows clearly from the analysis; conclusion is logical and supported; there is no hedging and no part of the conclusion is unsupported	Exceeds Some Expectations Conclusion generally follows from the analysis, but reader must do some work; conclusion is logical and supported; some hedging or part of the conclusion is unsupported	Meets All Expectations Conclusions follow from the analysis but support is not fully integrated into the conclusion; leaves some work to the reader; offers some unsupported conclusions	Meets Most Exceptions Conclusions generally follow from the analysis but support is not fully integrated into the conclusion; leaves some work to the reader; offers some unsupported conclusions	Meets Some Expectations Some conclusions follow from the analysis, but not clearly; conclusions are "hedged" with new issues or alternatives not previously discussed	Does Not Meet Expectations Conclusions are unsupported; they do not follow logically from the analysis

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Case Group Report Technical Memorandum

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