ASSESSED SKILLS

Reasoning

Criteria

Level 1

Level 2

Level 3

Level 4

Reasoning Skills in Writing

reasons with assistance

reasons with limited

reasons independently

reasons independently

using a simple ideas

assistance using a

using ideas of some

using complex ideas

variety of simple and

complexity

Communication

Criteria

Level 1

Level 2

Level 3

Level 4

Communication Skills in

communicates unclearly

communicates with some

communicates clearly and

communicates clearly,

Writing

or only with assistance

clarity and some precision

precisely

precisely, and confidently

Organization of Ideas

Criteria

Level 1

Level 2

Level 3

Level 4

Organization of Ideas in

organizes ideas

organizes ideas

organizes ideas

organizes ideas

Writing

incompletely or only with

independently, but in a

independently,

independently,

assistance

mechanical and sequential

appropriately and logically

appropriately and in

way

complex and logical ways

Application of Language Conventions

Criteria

Level 1

Level 2

Level 3

Level 4

Application of Conventions

applies language

applies language

independently applies

independently applies

in Writing

conventions with

conventions with limited

most language

almost all language

assistance

conventions studied

conventions studied

Communication

Criteria

Level 1

Level 2

Level 3

Level 4

communicates ideas

clearly using grade level

vocabulary and a variety

of sentence types

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