Georgia Milestones Seven-Point, Two-Trait Rubric Informational/Explanatory Genre

The student's response is a well-developed informative/explanatory text that examines a topic in depth and conveys ideas and information clearly based on text as a stimulus. • Effectively introduces a topic • Effectively develops the topic with multiple facts, definitions, and details • Groups related ideas together to give some organization to the writing • Effectively uses linking words and phrases to connect ideas within categories of information • Provides a strong concluding statement or section.

The student's response is a complete informative/explanatory text that examines a topic and presents information based on text as a stimulus. • Introduces a topic • Develops the topic with some facts, definitions, and details • Groups some related ideas together to give partial organization to the writing • Uses some linking words to connect ideas within categories of information, but relationships may not always be clear • Provides a concluding statement or section.

The student's response is an incomplete or oversimplified informative/explanatory text that cursorily examines a topic based on text as a stimulus. • Attempts to introduce a topic • Attempts to develop a topic with too few details, but not all of these are supported or relevant to the topic • Ineffectively groups some related ideas together • Uses few linking words to connect ideas, but not all ideas are well connected to the topic • Provides a weak concluding statement or section.

The student's response is a weak attempt to write an informative/explanatory text that examines a topic based on text as a stimulus. • May not introduce a topic or topic is unclear • May not develop a topic • May be too brief to group any related ideas together • May not use any linking words to connect ideas • Provides a minimal or no concluding statement or section.

The student will receive a condition code for various reasons: • Blank • Copied • Too Limited to Score/Illegible/Incomprehensible • Non-English/Foreign Language • Off Topic/Off Task/Offensive.

The student's response demonstrates full command of language usage and conventions. • Has clear and complete sentence structure, with appropriate range and variety • Shows knowledge of language and its conventions when writing • Any errors in usage and conventions do not interfere with meaning.

The student's response demonstrates partial command of language usage and conventions. • Has complete sentences, with some variety • Shows some knowledge of language and its conventions when writing • Has minor errors in usage and conventions with no significant effect on meaning.

The student's response demonstrates weak command of language usage and conventions. • Has fragments, run-ons, and/or other sentence structure errors • Shows little knowledge of language and its conventions when writing • Has frequent errors in usage and conventions that interfere with meaning.

The student will receive a condition code for various reasons: • Blank • Copied • Too Limited to Score/Illegible/Incomprehensible • Non-English/Foreign Language • Off Topic/Off Task/Offensive.