Summative Assessment Scoring Guide

Items 1 and 2

3 points                  The response includes an accurate description of the theme and includes two supporting details from the passage/poem as support.

2 points                  The response includes an accurate description of the theme and includes one supporting detail from the passage/poem as support.

1 point                    The response includes an accurate description of the theme.

0 points                  Other

Item 3: Part I: Content

3 points                  The response includes three correct cause and effect relationships from one or both passages.

2 points                  The response includes two correct cause and effect relationships from one or both passages.

1 point                    The response includes one correct cause and effect relationship from one or both passages.

0 points                  Other

Item 3: Part II: Organizer

1 point                    The response includes an appropriate graphic organizer with title and labels for comparing and contrasting.

0 points                  Other

Item 4: Part I: Reading Content

2 points                  The response includes at least two similarities and two differences.

1 point                    The response includes at least one similarity and one difference.

or

1 point                    The response includes two similarities or two differences.

0 points                  Other

Item 4: Part II: Writing

Score the paragraph holistically:

                                The writing contains an effective topic sentence.

                                The writing contains sentences that develop the stated topic.

                                The writing contains a concluding sentence.

2 points                  The writing contains all three of the stated elements.

1 point                    The writing contains a topic sentence and one of the other elements.

0 points                  Other