SAT Writing Rubric - Council Rock School District



Writing Prompt Rubric

|Score |Development of |Organization |Use of Language |Sentence Structure |Grammar and Word |

| |Position | | | |Usage |

|1 |No plausible position|Disorganized; little |Contains fundamental |Severely flawed |Grammar and word |

| |is taken on the |or no focus; |vocabulary mistakes |sentence structure |usage are so poor |

| |topic; severely |incoherent | | |that they interfere |

| |lacking in examples, | | | |with meaning; very |

| |reasons and/or | | | |poor mechanics (like |

| |evidence | | | |punctuation) |

|2 |Position on topic is |Poorly organized; |Poor use of language;|Frequent problems |Grammar and word |

| |unclear or extremely |lacks focus; problems|indicates very |with sentence |usage mistakes are |

| |limited; |with coherence or |limited vocabulary |structure |frequent and |

| |inappropriate |flow of ideas |and poor word choice | |interfere with |

| |examples or reasons; | | | |meaning; poor |

| |insufficient evidence| | | |mechanics |

|3 |Position on topic |Limited in |Displays developing |Some problems with |Contains many |

| |demonstrates critical|organization and |use of language; |sentence structure; |mistakes in grammar |

| |thinking skill |focus; demonstrates |contains indications |lacks a variety of |word usage and |

| |applied |lapses in coherence |of weak vocabulary |sentence structures |mechanics |

| |inconsistently; |or flow of ideas |and poor word | | |

| |inadequate examples, | |selection | | |

| |reasons or evidence | | | | |

|4 |Position on topic |Generally organized |Displays adequate, |Good sentence |Contains some |

| |demonstrates |and focused; |but inconsistent, use|structure; |mistakes in grammar, |

| |competent critical |demonstrates some |of language; |demonstrates some |word usage and |

| |thinking skill; |coherence and |vocabulary used is |variety of sentence |mechanics |

| |example, reasons and |attention to the flow|generally appropriate|structure | |

| |evidence are adequate|of ideas | | | |

|5 |Position is |Well organized and |Displays competent |Good sentence |Generally free of |

| |effectively developed|focused; demonstrates|use of language; uses|structure; |mistakes in grammar, |

| |through strong |coherence and ideas |appropriate |demonstrates variety |word usage and |

| |critical thinking |flow well |vocabulary |in sentence structure|mechanics |

| |skill; examples, | | | | |

| |reasons and evidence | | | | |

| |are generally | | | | |

| |appropriate | | | | |

|6 |Position effectively |Well organized and |Displays skillful use|Good sentence |Free of most mistakes|

| |and insightfully |clearly focused; |of language; |structure; |in grammar, word |

| |developed through |clearly coherent and |vocabulary is |demonstrates |usage and mechanics |

| |outstanding critical |ideas flow seamlessly|accurate and varied; |meaningful and | |

| |thinking skill; | |words are |skilled variety of | |

| |examples, reasons and| |appropriately and |sentence structure | |

| |evidence are clearly | |skillfully chosen | | |

| |appropriate | | | | |

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