Analytic Scoring Rubric for Writing

1: Little or no control

2: Inconsistent control

3: Reasonable Control

4: Consistent Control

Com

posing

No clear idea.

Little or no elaboration.

Often off subject.

Not focused on one idea.

Some elaboration.

Many comments not on the topic.

One central idea

Quite well elaborated.

Some comments off topic.

Focuses on central idea.

Well elaborated

Well organized.

Style

Not controlled.

Sentences too short and disconnected.

Flat tone.

Basic vocabulary, not well chosen.

Flat or inconsistent tone.

Reasonable vocabulary.

Reasonable information.

Well chosen vocabulary.

Good sentence variety.

Information and voice suit the reader.

Sentence form

ation

Word order often incorrect.

Sentence formation incorrect.

Many word omissions.

Words usually in correct order.

Sentence formation mostly correct.

Some word omissions.

Mostly correct word order.

Some sentence fragments.

Some running on

between sentences.

Good word order.

Complete, standard sentences.

Effective use of connectives (and,

but, first, then, etc.).

Usage

Often changes tense.

Errors in word forms

(them/those, good/well, double negatives, etc.).

Some errors with word agreement

(singular, plural) and word meaning. Problems with articles (the, a)

Good word agreement and word

endings.

Articles mostly correct (the, a)

Standard inflections (plurals, -ed, -ly,

etc.). Good subject-verb

agreement. Correct word meanings.

Mechanics

Misspells even simple words.

Little or no formatting.

Some errors with spelling and

punctuation, which make it difficult to understand the meaning.

Mostly effective use of mechanics.

A few errors, which

do not harm the meaning.

Effective use of capitalization,

punctuation, spelling and formatting

(paragraphs, etc.).