5

FULL EVIDENCE

COMPONENT
CONTENT CONTROL
refers to the extent to which
the response is content-rich,
thoughtful, and sophisticated
within the parameters of the
task.
ORGANIZATIONAL
CONTROL
refers to the extent to which
the response is organized in a
coherent manner, and
cohesion between sentences
and idea is successfully
achieved through the use of
logical connectors
(e.g., however, on the other
hand) and cohesive devices
(e.g., she, this, here)
LANGUAGE CONTROL
refers to the extent to which
language displays

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LIMITED EVIDENCE

0
NO EVIDENCE

The response
demonstrates full evidence of
content richness,
thoughtfulness, and
sophistication within the
parameters of the task.

The response
demonstrates good evidence
of content richness,
thoughtfulness, and
sophistication within the
parameters of the task.

The response
demonstrates adequate
evidence of content richness,
thoughtfulness, and
sophistication within the
parameters of the task.

The response
demonstrates marginal
evidence of content- richness,
thoughtfulness, and
sophistication within the
parameters of the task.

The response
The response
demonstrates limited evidence is incomprehensible.
of content- richness,
thoughtfulness, and
does not provide enough
sophistication within the
evidence to evaluate.
parameters of the task.

The response

The response

The response

The response

The response

accuracy accurate use of

grammar and vocabulary.
complexity use of a variety
of sentence types (simple
and complex; varied lengths
and structures; coordination
and subordination) to
achieve desired effect.
Appropriateness - extent to
which language displays
sociolinguistically and
socioculturally appropriate
use of language in a given
setting

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GOOD EVIDENCE

CEP WRITING SCORING RUBRIC

3
2
ADEQUATE EVIDENCE
MARGINAL EVIDENCE

demonstrates full evidence of

logical development of ideas.
shows full evidence of
sophisticated use of logical
connectors and other
cohesive devices.

language provides full

evidence of accuracy
(except for rare minor errors,
grammar and vocabulary are
precise)
language provides full
evidence of balanced
sentence types

demonstrates good evidence

of logical development of
ideas.

demonstrates adequate
evidence of logical
development of ideas.

demonstrates marginal
evidence of logical
development of ideas.

demonstrates limited
evidence of logical
development of ideas.

shows good evidence of

sophisticated use of logical
connectors and other
cohesive devices.

language provides good

evidence of accuracy (some
minor errors; meaning is
seldom obscured)
language provides good
evidence of balanced of
sentence types

shows adequate evidence of

sophisticated use of logical
connectors and other
cohesive devices.

language provides adequate

evidence of accuracy (some
errors; meaning generally not
obscured)
language provides adequate
evidence of balanced
sentence types (may contain
more of one type)

shows marginal evidence of

sophisticated use of logical
connectors and other
cohesive devices.

language provides marginal

evidence of accuracy (many
errors; meaning sometimes
obscured)
language provides marginal
evidence of balanced
sentence types
(predominance of some
sentence types)

shows limited evidence of

sophisticated use of logical
connectors and other
cohesive devices.

language provides limited

evidence of accuracy (errors
frequently obscure meaning)

language provides limited

evidence of balanced
sentence patterns (relies on
simple/short sentences)

language provides good

evidence of appropriate use of
language in a given setting
(clearly appropriate)

language provides adequate

evidence of appropriate use
of language in a given setting
(generally appropriate)

language provides marginal

evidence of appropriate use of
language in a given setting
(somewhat inappropriate at
times)

displays virtually no
organization.
contains not enough evidence
to evaluate.

language provides no
evidence of accuracy
(except for rare minor errors,
grammar and vocabulary are
precise)
language provides no
evidence of balanced
sentence types

demonstrates no evidence of
logical development of ideas.

language provides full

evidence of appropriate use
of language in a given setting

The response

language provides limited

evidence of appropriate use of
language in a given setting
(often inappropriate)

language provides no
evidence of appropriate use
of language in a given setting