Extended Constructed Response Scoring Tool
LEVEL 6
	The response is a thoroughly developed essay which fulfills the writing purpose.
		The response has relevant and complete support and elaboration which enhances ideas uses a precise organizational pattern which enhances the purpose maintains a distinctive voice and deliberate tone uses precise word choice, evocative language, and a variety of sentence structures demonstrates careful attention to audience understanding and interest has no errors in usage or conventions that interfere with meaning
LEVEL 5
	The response is a well developed essay which attempts to fulfill the writing purpose.
		The response enhances ideas with support and elaboration which may not completely fulfill the purpose uses an effective organizational pattern that is consistent with the purpose maintains a consistent voice and tone uses clear and consistent word choice and some variety in sentence structure demonstrates attention to audience understanding and interest has no errors in usage or conventions that interfere with meaning
LEVEL 4
	The response is an organized essay which addresses the writing purpose.
		The response develops ideas with adequate support and elaboration uses an inconsistent or unevenly applied organizational pattern employs an inconsistent voice or inappropriate tone uses inconsistent word choice and a limited variety of sentence structures demonstrates an awareness of audience understanding and interest has few if any errors in usage or convention that interfere with meaning
LEVEL 3
	The response is an incomplete or oversimplified essay which attempts to address the writing process.
		The response has minimal elaboration and support for development of ideas uses an organizational pattern that is inconsistent or unclear employs a flat or inappropriate tone and voice uses unclear and inconsistent word choice and repetitious, simplistic sentence structure demonstrates little awareness of audience understanding and interest has errors in usage and conventions, some of which interfere with meaning.
LEVEL 2
	The response is a poorly written essay which attempts to address the writing process.
		The response has support and elaboration which is inadequate uses an unstructured or confusing organizational pattern employs an unidentifiable tone and voice uses unclear and inappropriate word choice and repetitious, simplistic sentence structure demonstrates no attention to audience understanding and interest has errors in usage and conventions, some of which interfere with meaning.
LEVEL 1
	The response provides evidence the writer has seen and is attempting to respond to the assignment.
		The response has no elaboration or support, or the development does not support the writing process uses little or no organizational pattern demonstrates no attention to tone and voice demonstrates no awareness of appropriate word choice or sentence formation demonstrates no awareness of audience has errors in usage and conventions, which interfere with meaning.
LEVEL 0 (NSR)
	The response is completely irrelevant or incorrect or there is no response.
		an NSR = illegible response, a blank page, copying the question, refusing to write, plagiarism, disconnected discourse, or written in a language other than English