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Writing Assessment Program
Holistic Scoring: Scale: 3 (Developing)
A score of 3 designates a developing piece of expositional or referential writing.
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Focus: the main idea is unclear, and the topic is only partially limited.
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Organization: there is an attempted plan which the reader must infer; the essay's beginning and end may be ineffective.
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Development: some major ideas are set off by paragraphs which may have stated or implied topics; some major points in paragraphs are supported by concrete, specific detail.
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Style: sentences may not be subordinate to topics; word choice is generally accurate; tone is often inappropriate.
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Correctness: some major and minor mechanical errors are present.
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*References: source material is incorporated but sometimes inappropriately or unclearly; documentation is accurate only occasionally.
Sample Essays
© 2005-2008, Southeast Missouri State University
Last Updated 28 January 2008
by Dave Reinheimer