iRubric: SBAC Argumentative Writing Rubric

The response has a clear and effective organizational structure, creating a sense of unity and completeness. The response is fully sustained and consistently and purposefully focused:
--thesis is clearly stated & focus is strongly maintained for the PATT
--logical progression of ideas from beginning to end; strong connections between ideas with some syntactic variety

The response has an evident organizational structure and a sense of completeness, though some ideas may be loosely connected.The response is adequately sustained and generally focused:
--thesis is clear, and the focus is mostly maintained for the PATT
--adequate progression of ideas from beginning to end; adequate connections between ideas

The response has an inconsistent organizational structure, and flaws are evident. The response is somewhat sustained and may have a minor drift in focus:
--thesis may be somewhat unclear, or the focus may be insufficiently sustained for the PATT
--uneven progression of ideas from beginning to end; inconsistent or unclear connections among ideas

The response has little or no discernible organizational structure. The response may be related to the thesis but may provide little or no focus:
--thesis may be confusing or ambiguous; response may be too brief or the focus may drift from the PATT
--frequent extraneous ideas may intrude; ideas may have an unclear progression

The response demonstrates a strong command of conventions:
--few, if any, errors in usage and sentence formation
--effective and consistent use of punctuation, capitalization, and spelling

The response demonstrates an adequate command of conventions:
--some errors in usage and sentence formation, but no systematic pattern of errors is displayed
--adequate use of punctuation, capitalization, and spelling

The response demonstrates a partial command of conventions:
--limited use of correect sentence formation
--inconsistent use of correct punctuation, capitalization, and spelling

The response demonstrates a lack of command of conventions:
--errors are frequent and severe; meaning is often obscured