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Writing Assessment Program
Holistic Scoring: Scale: 2 (Rudimentary)
A score of 2 designates a rudimentary piece of expositional or referential writing.
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Focus: the main idea is unclear, and the topic is unlimited.
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Organization: there is no clear plan; the essay's beginning and end are not effective.
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Development: few major ideas are set off by paragraphs; few paragraphs have stated or implied topics; supportive detail is imprecise, unclear or redundant.
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Style: sentence relationships at times are confusing; word choice is frequently inaccurate; tone is inappropriate.
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Correctness: many major and minor mechanical errors cause confusion.
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*References: source material is inappropriately or unclearly incorporated; documentation is infrequent.
Sample Essays
© 2005-2008, Southeast Missouri State University
Last Updated 28 January 2008
by Dave Reinheimer