Targeted Assessment Rubric: An Empirically Grounded Rubric for Interdisciplinary Writing.

The article discusses a rubric developed to assess writing in interdisciplinary college courses. The authors discuss increases in the popularity of interdisciplinary curricula but note the use of grades and surveys to measure curriculum effectiveness. They describe a targeted assessment rubric designed to evaluate interdisciplinary writing by measuring the purposefulness, grounding in disciplinary understanding, integration and critical awareness in college papers. The rubric was applied to essays by students enrolled in Miami University's interdisciplinary courses. Analysis of variance (ANOVA) was used to confirm the validity of the rubric.