A sophisticated selection of Use of evidence and Use of evidence and Little or no evidence is Written Communication and inclusion of evidence accurate content is content knowledge is included and accurate content relevant and adequate limited or weak and/or contribute to an outstanding submission content is inaccurate General Scoring Guide for Standard English Conventions Score 4 3 2 1 Standard Control of sentence structure, Errors do not interfere with Errors interfere somewhat with Errors seriously interfere with English grammar and and communication communication communication Conventions mechanics (length and complexity of submission and/or and/or and provide opportunity for student to show control of standard Few errors relative to length of Too many errors relative to the Little control of sentence English conventions) submission or complexity of length of the submission or structure, grammar and usage, sentence structure, grammar and complexity of sentence structure, and mechanics usage, and mechanics grammar and usage, and mechanics
Written Communication A sophisticated selection of and inclusion of evidence and accurate content contribute to an outstanding submission Use of evidence and accurate content is relevant and adequate Use of evidence and content knowledge is limited or weak Little or no evidence is included and/or content is inaccurate General Scoring Guide for Standard English Conventions Score 4 3 2 1 Standard English Conventions Control of sentence structure, grammar and and mechanics (length and complexity of submission provide opportunity for student to show control of standard English conventions) Errors do not interfere with communication and/or Few errors relative to length of submission or complexity of sentence structure, grammar and usage, and mechanics Errors interfere somewhat with communication and/or Too many errors relative to the length of the submission or complexity of sentence structure, grammar and usage, and mechanics Errors seriously interfere with communication and Little control of sentence structure, grammar and usage, and mechanics