EdD Capstone Rubrics and Checklists by Stage

Sep 22, 2021 | students

EdD Capstone Rubrics and Checklists by Stage

Revised EdD Rubrics and Checklists…Can you explain clearly what forms are required when?

The stages and timing of the University Research Review process have not fundamentally changed; only the   documents have changed. However, the following outline may help clarify.

Proposal Writing Stage

Student: Complete the proposal and the appropriate Doctoral Study Checklist by identifying the page number where items are located in the proposal. Use the comment blocks to provide any clarifying information for the reviewers.

Student: Submit the proposal and Doctoral Study Checklist to the Committee Chair.

Committee Chair: Review the proposal and the Doctoral Study Checklist and evaluate the proposal.

  • If the proposal is assessed as not ready for committee review based on the criteria in the Doctoral Study Minimum Standards Rubric, the Committee Chair provides feedback to the student using the Checklist and/or the Doctoral Study Minimum Standards Rubric (depending on the nature of the feedback).
  • If the proposal is assessed as ready for further review, the Committee Chair forwards the proposal, the Doctoral Study Checklist, and his/her completed Doctoral Study Minimum Standards Rubric to the Committee Member for review.
  • Once the Committee Chair and Committee Member agree that the proposal has met all the Doctoral Study Minimum Standards Rubric criteria (items 1-8 of the 10 criteria), the proposal is ready for Committee URR review. The Committee Chair then forwards to the Committee URR: 1) proposal document; 2) Turnitin Report; 3) the completed Doctoral Study Checklist completed by the student and with any comments by the committee Chair and/or Member; and 4) the Doctoral Study Minimum Standards Rubrics completed by each member indicating that the applicable standards have been met (it is best to keep the history of comments to the student for Committee URR to review as well).

Doctoral Study Writing Stage

Student: Complete the doctoral study and extend the Doctoral Study Checklist by identifying the page number where items are located in the final doctoral study. Add directly to the checklist used for the proposal, when possible. Use the comment blocks to provide any clarifying information for the reviewers.

Student: Submit the completed doctoral study and Doctoral Study Checklist to the Committee Chair.  

Committee Chair: Review the final study and the Doctoral Study Checklist and evaluate the final study.

  • If the study document is assessed as not ready for committee review based on the criteria in the Doctoral Study Minimum Standards Rubric, the Committee Chair provides feedback to the student using the Checklist and/or the Doctoral Study Minimum Standards Rubric (depending on the nature of the feedback).
  • If the final study is assessed as ready for further review, the Committee Chair forwards the study, the Doctoral Study Checklist, and a completed Doctoral Study Minimum Standards Rubric to the Committee Member for review.  
  • Once the Chair and Committee Member agree that the final doctoral study has met all the Doctoral Study Minimum Standards Rubric criteria (all of the 10 criteria), the doctoral study is ready for Committee URR review. The Committee Chair then forwards to the Committee URR: 1) final doctoral study document; 2) Turnitin Report; 3) the completed Doctoral Study Checklist completed by the student and with any comments by the committee Chair and/or Member; and 4) the Doctoral Study Minimum Standards Rubrics completed by each member indicating that all standards have been met (it is best to keep the history of comments to the student for Committee URR to review as well).

Final Study Stage/Post-Oral Defense (pre-CAO review)

Committee Chair and Committee Member:

  • Chair forwards the  final study document and final quality rubric from each committee member directly to the URR, while copying doctoralstudy@waldenu.edu

Committee URR:

  • Forwards review (brief statement to chair, final document, and final quality rubric—indicating if approved for CAO review) to committee chair, while copying doctoralstudy@waldenu.edu