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Miriam R B Abbott1, Peggy Shaw
1About the Authors Miriam R. B. Abbott, MA, is an assistant professor, and Peggy Shaw, MSN/ED, RN, is an associate professor, Mount Carmel College of Nursing, Columbus, Ohio. For more information, contact Ms. Abbott at mabbott@mccn.edu.
Abstract:
A standardized rubric for writing assessment can improve concordance in expectations across a nurse educator community; however, standardization may also pose a perceived threat to faculty academic freedom. To improve assessment consistency while retaining academic freedom, an innovative rubric system that offers a compromise is proposed; it includes both standardized objective areas of assessment as well as areas of assessment for individualized instructor determination. In creating a hybrid standardized rubric, a community of nurse educators can retain academic freedom while better serving students with consistent expectations for writing skills.
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