California
Writing Standards Tests
Scoring Rubric for Grade
4 Narratives
The following
four-point holistic rubric will be used to score the Grade 4 Writing
Standards Tests. The rubric includes general criteria related to writing strategies
and
conventions, as well as specific criteria for the narrative genre.
4
The writing
1. clearly addresses all parts of the writing task
2. demonstrates a clear understanding of purpose
3. maintains a consistent point of view, focus, and organizational structure,
including paragraphing
when appropriate
4.includes a clearly presented central idea with relevant facts, details, and/or
explanations
5.includes a variety of sentence types
6. contains
few, if any, errors in the conventions of the English language (grammar, punctuation,
capitalization, spelling).These errors do not interfere with the reader’s
understanding of the writing.
7. provides a thoroughly developed sequence of significant events to relate
ideas, observations,
and/or memories
8. includes vivid descriptive language and sensory details that enable the reader
to visualize
the events or experiences
3
The writing
1. addresses all parts of the writing task
2. demonstrates a general understanding of purpose
3. maintains a mostly consistent point of view, focus, and organizational structure,
including
paragraphing when appropriate
4. presents a central idea with mostly relevant facts, details, and/or explanations
5. includes a variety of sentence types
6. contains some errors in the conventions of the English language (grammar,
punctuation,
capitalization, spelling). These errors do not interfere with the reader’s
understanding of the writing.
7. provides an adequately developed sequence of significant events to relate
ideas, observations,
and/or memories
8. includes some descriptive language and sensory details that enable the reader
to visualize
the events or experiences
2The
writing
1. addresses only parts of the writing task
2. demonstrates little understanding of purpose
3. maintains an inconsistent point of view, focus, and/or organizational structure
4. suggests a central idea with limited facts, details, and/or explanations
5. includes little variety in sentence types
6. contains several errors in the conventions of the English language (grammar,
punctuation,
capitalization, spelling). These errors may interfere with the reader’s
understanding of the writing.
7. provides a minimally developed sequence of events to relate ideas, observations,
and/or memories
8. includes limited descriptive language and sensory details that enable the
reader to visualize
the events or experiences
1The
writing
1. addresses only one part of the writing task
2. demonstrates no understanding of purpose
3. lacks a clear point of view, focus, and/or organizational structure
4. lacks a central idea but may contain marginally related facts, details, and/or
explanations
5. includes no sentence variety
6. contains serious errors in the conventions of the English language (grammar,
punctuation, capitalization, spelling). These errors interfere with the reader’s
understanding of the writing.
7. lacks a sequence of events to relate ideas, observations, and/or memories
8. lacks descriptive language and sensory details that enable the reader to
visualize the events or experiences