Double Bar Graph Rubric

This rubric should be used to evaluate the double bar graph that the teams will produce to show the change in beginning and ending dollar amounts invested by each role.

Beginning

Developing

Accomplished

Score

Overall Visual Appeal

1 point

Graph does not use color. The graph, labels and title are not placed appropriately, messy or are title and labels are missing. Graph is difficult to read.

3 points

Graph uses color but not in a meaningful way. The graph is centered or placed appropriately on the document. Document is not as neat or clear as it could be.

5 points

Color is used in a meaningful way on the document. The graph is centered or placed appropriately on the document. Graph is constructed neatly.

Labels and Title

1 point

Title and labels are inappropriate, messy, placed incorrectly or missing.

3 points

Title is appropriate to the topic of the graph. All labels are appropriate to the bars. Title and most labels are placed appropriately on the document.

5 points

Title is appropriate to the topic of the graph. All labels are appropriate to the bars. Title and all labels are neatly written and placed appropriately on the document.

Accuracy of Axes

1 point

Dollar amounts are marked on unevenly spaced intervals on either the horizontal and vertical axis. Double bars are spaced unevenly on the opposite axis.

OR

Team completely misuses horizontal and vertical axes.

3 points

Only minor errors in marking dollar amounts on evenly spaced intervals on either the horizontal and vertical axis. Most double bars are correctly marked on evenly spaced intervals on the opposite axis.

5 points

Dollar amounts are marked on evenly spaced intervals on either the horizontal and vertical axis. Double bars are marked on evenly spaced intervals on the opposite axis.

Graphing Accuracy

1 point

Many bars are not drawn to the correct dollar amount or bars have unequal widths.

3 points

Most bars are drawn to the correct dollar amount and each has a width equal to the width of the other bars on the graph.

5 points

Each bar is drawn to the correct dollar amount and has a width equal to the width of the other bars on the graph.

	Beginning	Developing	Accomplished	Score
Overall Visual Appeal	1 point Graph does not use color. The graph, labels and title are not placed appropriately, messy or are title and labels are missing. Graph is difficult to read.	3 points Graph uses color but not in a meaningful way. The graph is centered or placed appropriately on the document. Document is not as neat or clear as it could be.	5 points Color is used in a meaningful way on the document. The graph is centered or placed appropriately on the document. Graph is constructed neatly.
Labels and Title	1 point Title and labels are inappropriate, messy, placed incorrectly or missing.	3 points Title is appropriate to the topic of the graph. All labels are appropriate to the bars. Title and most labels are placed appropriately on the document.	5 points Title is appropriate to the topic of the graph. All labels are appropriate to the bars. Title and all labels are neatly written and placed appropriately on the document.
Accuracy of Axes	1 point Dollar amounts are marked on unevenly spaced intervals on either the horizontal and vertical axis. Double bars are spaced unevenly on the opposite axis. OR Team completely misuses horizontal and vertical axes.	3 points Only minor errors in marking dollar amounts on evenly spaced intervals on either the horizontal and vertical axis. Most double bars are correctly marked on evenly spaced intervals on the opposite axis.	5 points Dollar amounts are marked on evenly spaced intervals on either the horizontal and vertical axis. Double bars are marked on evenly spaced intervals on the opposite axis.
Graphing Accuracy	1 point Many bars are not drawn to the correct dollar amount or bars have unequal widths.	3 points Most bars are drawn to the correct dollar amount and each has a width equal to the width of the other bars on the graph.	5 points Each bar is drawn to the correct dollar amount and has a width equal to the width of the other bars on the graph.