Smarter Balanced 4-Point Argumentative Performance Task Writing Rubric Score 4 3 2 1 NS The response is fully The response is The response The sustained and adequately sustained is somewhat response Insufficient, consistently and and generally sustained may be illegible, in purposefully focused: and may have related to a language focused: claim is clear and a minor drift in the purpose other than claim is clearly mostly maintained, focus: but may English, though some stated, focused, may be provide little incoherent, and strongly loosely related clearly or no focus: off-topic, or maintained material may be focused on may be off-purpose alternate or present the claim but very brief writing opposing claims context provided is may have are clearly for the claim is sus- a addressed adequate within tained, or major drift claim is introduced the purpose, claim on the claim may and communicated audience, and task issue may be be clearly within the somewhat confusing or The response has an purpose, audience, unclear and/or ambiguous Organization evident and task unfocused structure and a The The response has a sense of and The response response has clear and effective though there has an little or no organizational may be minor flaws inconsistent discernible Focus structure creating a and some ideas may organizational / sense of unity and be loosely structure, and structure: completeness: connected: flaws are few or no consistent use of a adequate use of evident: transitional variety of transitional inconsistent strategies Purpose transitional strategies with use of are of strategies to clarify some variety to transitional evident the relationships clarify the strategies frequent between and relationships and/or little extraneous among ideas between and variety ideas may logical progression among ideas uneven intrude of ideas from adequate Statement progression of beginning to end progression of ideas from effective ideas from beginning to introduction and beginning to end end conclusion for adequate conclusion audience and introduction and and purpose conclusion if strong connections adequate, if slightly present, are among ideas, with inconsistent, weak some syntactic connection among weak variety ideas. connec-tion among ideas
Smarter Balanced 4-Point Argumentative Performance Task Writing Rubric Score 4 3 2 1 NS Statement of Purpose / Focus and Organization The response is fully sustained and consistently and purposefully focused: claim is clearly stated, focused, and strongly maintained alternate or opposing claims are clearly addressed claim is introduced and communicated clearly within the purpose, audience, and task The response has a clear and effective organizational structure creating a sense of unity and completeness: consistent use of a variety of transitional strategies to clarify the relationships between and among ideas logical progression of ideas from beginning to end effective introduction and conclusion for audience and purpose strong connections among ideas, with some syntactic variety The response is adequately sustained and generally focused: claim is clear and mostly maintained, though some loosely related material may be present context provided for the claim is adequate within the purpose, audience, and task The response has an evident structure and a sense of though there may be minor flaws and some ideas may be loosely connected: adequate use of transitional strategies with some variety to clarify the relationships between and among ideas adequate progression of ideas from beginning to end adequate introduction and conclusion adequate, if slightly inconsistent, connection among ideas. The response is somewhat sustained and may have a minor drift in focus: may be clearly focused on the claim but is sus- tained, or claim on the issue may be somewhat unclear and/or unfocused The response has an inconsistent organizational structure, and flaws are evident: inconsistent use of transitional strategies and/or little variety uneven progression of ideas from beginning to end conclusion and if present, are weak weak connec-tion among ideas The response may be related to the purpose but may provide little or no focus: may be very brief may have a major drift claim may be confusing or ambiguous The response has little or no discernible structure: few or no transitional strategies are evident frequent extraneous ideas may intrude Insufficient, illegible, in a language other than English, incoherent, off-topic, or off-purpose writing
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