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REVISED GRADE 5 DOCUMENT-BASED QUESTION GENERIC SCORING RUBRIC – 2007 • Thoroughly develops all aspects of the task • Consistently includes accurate information from at east xxx documents; may include portions of the documents hat support specific points made in the essay • Provides supporting evidence, using many relevant examples, reasons, and details; may include relevant outside information • Demonstrates a logical and clear plan of organization, including a beginning (introduction), middle (body), and ending (conclusion)
Score of 3: • Develops most aspects of the task • Includes accurate information from some of the documents; may include portions of the documents that support specific points made in the essay • Provides supporting evidence, using some relevant examples, reasons, and details; may include some minor inaccuracies • Demonstrates a general plan of organization; may lack an introduction or a conclusion
Score of 2: • Develops some aspects of the task • Includes limited information from the documents or consists primarily of relevant information copied from the documents • Provides little supporting evidence, using few relevant examples, reasons, and details; may include some inaccuracies • Demonstrates a weakness in organization (may go off the topic; may list information without tying it together; may lack an introduction and/or a conclusion; may lack focus)
Score of 1: • Minimally develops some aspects of the task or shows a limited understanding of the task • Lacks information from the documents or makes vague or unclear references to the documents or consists of relevant and irrelevant information copied from the documents • Provides little or no supporting evidence; may include inaccuracies • Lacks a plan of organization
Score of 0: Fails to develop the task; OR is totally unrelated to the topic; OR provides no accurate information; OR includes only the historical background and/or task as copied from the test booklet; OR includes only entire documents copied from the test booklet; OR is illegible; OR is a blank paper |
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REVISED GENERIC SCORING RUBRIC FOR DOCUMENT-BASED QUESTION (DBQ) ON THE GRADE 8 INTERMEDIATE-LEVEL SOCIAL STUDIES TEST
Score of 5: • Thoroughly develops all aspects of the task evenly and in depth • Is both descriptive and analytical (applies, analyzes, evaluates, and/or creates* information) • Incorporates relevant information from at least xxx documents • Incorporates substantial relevant outside information • Richly supports the theme with many relevant facts, examples, and details • Demonstrates a logical and clear plan of organization; includes an introduction and a conclusion that are beyond a restatement of the theme Score of 4: • Develops all aspects of the task but may do so somewhat unevenly • Is both descriptive and analytical (applies, analyzes, evaluates, and/or creates information) • Incorporates relevant information from at least xxx documents • Incorporates relevant outside information • Supports the theme with relevant facts, examples, and details • Demonstrates a logical and clear plan of organization; includes an introduction and a conclusion that are beyond a restatement of the theme Score of 3: • Develops all aspects of the task with little depth or develops most aspects of the task in some depth • Is more descriptive than analytical (applies, may analyze, and/or evaluate information) • Incorporates some relevant information from some of the documents • Incorporates limited relevant outside information • Includes some relevant facts, examples, and details; may include some minor inaccuracies • Demonstrates a satisfactory plan of organization; includes an introduction and a conclusion that may be a restatement of the theme Score of 2: • Minimally develops all aspects of the task or develops some aspects of the task in some depth • Is primarily descriptive; may include faulty, weak, or isolated application or analysis • Incorporates limited relevant information from the documents or consists primarily of relevant information copied from the documents • Presents little or no relevant outside information • Includes few relevant facts, examples, and details; may include some inaccuracies • Demonstrates a general plan of organization; may lack focus; may contain digressions; may not clearly identify which aspect of the task is being addressed; may lack an introduction and/or a conclusion Score of 1: • Minimally develops some aspects of the task • Is descriptive; may lack understanding, application, or analysis • Makes vague, unclear references to the documents or consists primarily of relevant and irrelevant information copied from the documents • Presents no relevant outside information • Includes few relevant facts, examples, or details; may include inaccuracies • May demonstrate a weakness in organization; may lack focus; may contain digressions; may not clearly identify which aspect of the task is being addressed; may lack an introduction and/or a conclusion Score of 0: Fails to develop the task or may only refer to the theme in a general way; OR includes no relevant facts, examples, or details; OR includes only the historical context and/or task as copied from the test booklet; OR includes only entire documents copied from the test booklet; OR is illegible; OR is a blank paper |
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REVISED THEMATIC ESSAYGENERIC SCORING RUBRIC FOR GLOBAL HISTORY AND GEOGRAPHY
Score of 5: • Thoroughly develops all aspects of the task evenly and in depth • Is more analytical than descriptive (analyzes, evaluates, and/or creates* information) • Incorporates relevant information from at least xxx documents • Incorporates substantial relevant outside information • Richly supports the theme with many relevant facts, examples, and details • Demonstrates a logical and clear plan of organization; includes an introduction and a conclusion that are beyond a restatement of the theme
Score of 4: • Develops all aspects of the task but may do so somewhat unevenly • Is both descriptive and analytical (applies, analyzes, evaluates, and/or creates information) • Incorporates relevant information from at least xxx documents • Incorporates relevant outside information • Supports the theme with relevant facts, examples, and details • Demonstrates a logical and clear plan of organization; includes an introduction and a conclusion that are beyond a restatement of the theme
Score of 3: • Develops all aspects of the task with little depth or develops most aspects of the task in some depth • Is more descriptive than analytical (applies, may analyze, and/or evaluate information) • Incorporates some relevant information from some of the documents • Incorporates limited relevant outside information • Includes some relevant facts, examples, and details; may include some minor inaccuracies • Demonstrates a satisfactory plan of organization; includes an introduction and a conclusion that may be a restatement of the theme
Score of 2: • Minimally develops all aspects of the task or develops some aspects of the task in some depth • Is primarily descriptive; may include faulty, weak, or isolated application or analysis • Incorporates limited relevant information from the documents or consists primarily of relevant information copied from the documents • Presents little or no relevant outside information • Includes few relevant facts, examples, and details; may include some inaccuracies • Demonstrates a general plan of organization; may lack focus; may contain digressions; may not clearly identify which aspect of the task is being addressed; may lack an introduction and/or a conclusion
Score of 1: • Minimally develops some aspects of the task • Is descriptive; may lack understanding, application, or analysis • Makes vague, unclear references to the documents or consists primarily of relevant and irrelevant information copied from the documents • Presents no relevant outside information • Includes few relevant facts, examples, or details; may include inaccuracies • May demonstrate a weakness in organization; may lack focus; may contain digressions; may not clearly identify which aspect of the task is being addressed; may lack an introduction and/or a conclusion
Score of 0: Fails to develop the task or may only refer to the theme in a general way; OR includes no relevant facts, examples, or details; OR includes only the historical context and/or task as copied from the test booklet; OR includes only entire documents copied from the test booklet; OR is illegible; OR is a blank paper
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