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Writing Intensive Assessment

What is WIN Assessment?

In 2005, Texas A&M International University launched "Write on, TAMIU", a Quality Enhancement Plan to improve undergraduate writing and become part of a campus culture promoting and valuing writing. This campaign promised to prepare students for success in their personal and professional lives by embracing writing. Since then, TAMIU continues to hold the WIN assessment as a separate area of institutional assessment linked to a graduation requirement.

 

 

Due Date for Spring 2026: May 15, 2026

WIN Rubric
WIN Rubric 4: Exemplary 3: Accomplished 2: Developing 1: Beginning  0: Unacceptable 
Focus  Clear central idea
targeted to
appropriate audience		 Clear central idea
and aware of
appropriate audience		 Central idea
addressed and
adequately
presented		  Central idea and
presentation is
unclear and
ambiguous		 No central idea or
awareness of an
audience 
Organization &
Development 		 Narrative is
consistently logical
and highly effective		 Narrative is usually
logical and mostly
effective		 Narrative has
occasional lapses in
logic and is
somewhat effective		 Narrative is rarely
logical and minimally
effective 		 Narrative has no logic
and is ineffective 
 Style & Sentence
Structure		 Sophisticated,
accurate, and
effective		 Usually sophisticated
and mostly accurate		 Unsophisticated but
mostly accurate		  Limited and
imprecise		 Unreadable 
 Grammar &
Mechanics		 No errors Few errors Some errors  Distracting number
of errors		 Unreadable 
 Research Completely reliable,
fully and
appropriately
documented		 Few lapses in
reliability and
appropriately
documented		 Mostly reliable with
occasional lapses in
appropriate
documentation		  Frequent use of
unreliable or
irrelevant sources
and frequent lapses
in appropriate
documentation		 Lacks any reliable
sources or
documentation, or
evidence of
plagiarism exists 

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How Many Students in the Course Should be Assessed?

Your sample size should be 30% or 25, whichever is less.

How do we Record WIN Assessment Results?

WIN Assessment is done through the HelioCampus system.

 

 

Contact

Office of Institutional Assessment, Research, and Planning
5201 University Boulevard, Sue and Radcliffe Killam Library 434, Laredo, TX 78041-1900
Phone: 956.326.2275

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