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Create an editing rubric that goes line by line through the writing project for caps, punctuation, sentence clarity. I use a paragraph rubric that counts the number of words in the paragraph. Students write the verb used
in the sentence (we look for active verbs, not passive). We also look for "fabulous words" (words stretching their vocabulary).

I don't think it is fair to ask another student to edit an entire essay, however a paragraph each by different people is reasonable. You need to have them identify main idea of the paragraph to see if the message was conveyed. For example, if you are

working on persuasive "write the number of the line where the writer used persuasive words or phrases".

I've found that pairing up students with similar writing skills to be the best method for editing. My top writer once dragged up his buddy and handed me his buddy's paper and said "Here, I can't work miracles!" Top writers and editors should not be responsible to edit everyone's paper.