Criteria | Advanced(4 pts) | Proficient(3 pts) | Approaching(2 pts) | Inadequate(1 pt) | (0 pts) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Idea Development, Organization, and Coherence Evaluates the development and organization of ideas in an informative/explanatory text. | 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, develops the topic with multiple, relevant facts, definitions, concrete details, quotations, or other information and examples related to the topic, organizes ideas, concepts, and information using various strategies, uses appropriate and varied transitions, uses precise language and domain-specific vocabulary, establishes and maintains a formal style, and provides a strong concluding statement. | 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 a few facts, generally organizes ideas, uses some transitions, uses some precise language and domain-specific vocabulary, maintains a formal style for the most part, and provides a concluding statement. | 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, develops a topic with too few details, ineffectively organizes ideas, uses few transitions, uses limited language and vocabulary, uses a formal style inconsistently, and provides a weak concluding statement. | 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, uses vague or repetitive language, uses a very informal style, and provides a minimal or no concluding statement. | 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. |
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