Writing

Rating Scale

Grammatical Cohesion and Task

Vocabulary Mechanics
Accuracy Organization Completion
• Quantity of error • Lexical • Appropriate • Ability to create • Relevance to the
• Severity of error sophistication sentence cohesion task
• Ability of reader to • Appropriate word boundaries • Ability to link • Degree of
process intended choice • Punctuation ideas together supporting detail
meaning • Degree of word • Spelling • Use of connective • Successful
misuse devices completion of task

4 Errors are rare, Sophisticated No errors The response is very The response is
even in complex vocabulary is with sentence cohesive. directly relevant to
sentences. properly used. boundaries. Connection of ideas the task. Supporting
There are no errors Words are carefully Almost no errors is always successful. detail is clearly
that prevent the chosen to match with punctuation. developed.
Connective devices
reader from deriving context. Almost no spelling are used correctly. The response fully
meaning. Almost no words are errors. completes the task.
misused.

3 Simple constructions A combination of Some errors with The response is The response is
are error-free but simple and more sentence boundaries generally cohesive. directly relevant to
complex sentences sophisticated words in longer sentences. Connection of ideas the task. Supporting
may contain errors. is used. Minor errors with is usually successful. detail is provided
Errors may be Word choice punctuation. that clearly relates to
Connective devices
distracting but do is generally the task.
Few spelling errors are used, mostly
not interfere with appropriate. and none that cause correctly. The response
meaning. Few words are confusion. adequately
misused. completes the task.

2 Some simple Most of the Frequent sentence Some parts of The response is
constructions may vocabulary used is boundary errors. the response are mainly relevant to
be error-free. simple. Frequent errors with cohesive. the task
Most sentences Some sophisticated punctuation. Connection of Some supporting
contain errors. vocabulary is Frequent spelling ideas is partially detail is provided.
Some errors are attempted but may errors; some may be successful. The response
severe enough to be unsuccessful. severe. Use of connective minimally completes
obscure meaning. Some words are devices is attempted the task.
misused. but not always used
correctly.

1 Pervasive errors Only very simple Little to no control The response is not The response is very
in almost every words are used. over sentence cohesive. short and simple.
sentence. Any attempts at boundaries. Ideas are not The response may
Errors are severe more sophisticated Little to no correct connected together be only partially
enough that the vocabulary are use of punctuation. clearly. relevant to the task.
reader frequently unsuccessful. Pervasive spelling Only basic The response
needs to guess Misused words errors; reader may connective devices may be difficult to
at the intended cause confusion. have to guess at are used, if any. understand.
meaning. intended word.

0 Language produced No vocabulary that is No legible or No clear ideas are No response

is impossible to relevant to the task. decipherable text. expressed. attempted, or test
process for meaning. taker produces only
his or her name.

12/11/2018