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Writing Assessment Program
Holistic Scoring: Scale: 1 (Incoherent)
A score of 1 designates an incoherent piece of expositional or referential writing.
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Focus: the subject and main idea are unclear; no apparent attempt has been made to limit the topic.
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Organization: there is no discernible plan; no attempt is made to compose an effective beginning and end.
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Development: major ideas are not set off by paragraphs; only one, if any, paragraph has a stated or implied topic; little or no supporting detail is used.
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Style: sentence relationships must be inferred; word choice is often confusing; tone is inappropriate or distracting.
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Correctness: many varied major and minor errors occur, making the paper difficult to read.
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*References: source material is never incorporated or incorporated inappropriately or unclearly; documentation is inaccurate.
Sample Essays
© 2005-2008, Southeast Missouri State University
Last Updated 28 January 2008
by Dave Reinheimer