iRubric: FSA Rubric for Argumentative Writing

The response is fully sustained and consistently focused within the
purpose, audience, and task; and it has a clear claim and effective
organizationalstructure creating coherence and completeness. The
response includes most of the following:
 Strongly maintained claim with little or no loosely related
material
 Clearly addressed alternate or opposing claims*
 Skillful use of a variety of transitionalstrategiesto clarify the
relationships between

The response is adequately sustained and generally focused within
the purpose, audience, and task; and it has a clear claim and
evident organizationalstructure with a sense of completeness. The
response includes most of the following:
 Maintained claim, though some loosely related material may
be present
 Alternate or opposing claimsincluded but may not be
completely addressed*
 Adequateuse of a variety of transitional strategies to
clarif

The response is somewhatsustained within the purpose, audience,
and task but may include loosely related or extraneous material;
and it may have a claim with an inconsistent organizational
structure. The response may include the following:
 Focused claim but insufficiently sustained or unclear
 Insufficiently addressed alternate or opposing claims*

The response is related to the topic but may demonstrate little or
no awareness of the purpose, audience, and task; and it may have
no discernible claim and little or no discernible organizational
structure. The response may include the following:
 Absent, confusing, or ambiguous claim
 Missing alternate or opposing claims*
 Few or no transitionalstrategies
 Frequent extraneousideasthat impede understanding
 Too brief to demonstrate knowledge

The response demonstrates an
adequate command of basic
conventions. The responsemay include
the following:
 Some minor errorsin usage but no
patterns of errors
 Adequate use of punctuation,
capitalization,sentence formation,
and spelling

The response demonstrates a partial
command of basic conventions. The
response may include the following:
 Various errorsin usage
 Inconsistent use of correct
punctuation, capitalization,
sentence formation, and spelling

The response demonstrates a lack of
command of conventions, with
frequent and severe errors often
obscuringmeaning.