Gmatgre Awa Rubric
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AWA Scoring Rubric The Analytical Writing Assessment (AWA) is scored holistically. Holistic scoring uses a single number to provide an overall evaluation of an essay as a whole. A holistic score emphasizes the interrelation of different thinking and writing qualities in an essay—such as content, organization, or syntax—and tries to denote the unified effect of all these elements. Your Argument essay will be scored on a scale of 0–6, in half-point increments, with 0 being the lowest grade and 6 being the highest. 6: Outstanding Essay Insightfully presents and convincingly supports a critique of the argument Ideas are very clear, well organized, and logically connected Shows superior control of language: grammar, stylistic variety, and accepted conventions of writing; minor flaws may occur 5: Strong Essay Presents and strongly supports a critique of the argument Ideas are generally clear and well organized; connections are logical Shows solid control of language: grammar, stylistic variety, and accepted conventions of writing; minor flaws may occur 4: Adequate Essay Presents and adequately supports a critique of the argument Ideas are fairly clear and adequately organized; logical connections are satisfactory Shows satisfactory control of language: grammar, stylistic variety, and accepted conventions of writing; some flaws may occur 3: Limited Essay Succeeds only partially in presenting and supporting a critique of the argument Ideas may be unclear and poorly organized Shows less than satisfactory control of language: contains significant mistakes in grammar, usage, and sentence structure 2: Seriously Flawed Essay Shows little success in presenting and supporting a critique of the argument Ideas lack organization Meaning is impeded by many serious mistakes in grammar, usage, and sentence structure 1: Fundamentally Deficient Essay Fails to present a coherent critique of the argument Ideas are seriously disorganized Lacks meaning due to widespread severe mistakes in grammar, usage, and sentence structure 0: Unscorable Essay Essay completely ignores topic or is written in a language other than English
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AWA Scoring Rubric
The Analytical Writing Assessment (AWA) is scored holistically. Holistic scoring uses a single number to provide an overall evaluation of an essay as a whole. A holistic score emphasizes the interrelation of different thinking and writing qualities in an essay—such as content, organization, or syntax—and tries to denote the unified effect of all these elements. Your Argument essay will be scored on a scale of 0–6, in half-point increments, with 0 being the lowest grade and 6 being the highest. 6: Outstanding Essay
Insightfully presents and convincingly supports a critique of the argument Ideas are very clear, well organized, and logically connected Shows superior control of language: grammar, stylistic variety, and accepted conventions of
writing; minor flaws may occur 5: Strong Essay
Presents and strongly supports a critique of the argument Ideas are generally clear and well organized; connections are logical Shows solid control of language: grammar, stylistic variety, and accepted conventions of
writing; minor flaws may occur 4: Adequate Essay
Presents and adequately supports a critique of the argument Ideas are fairly clear and adequately organized; logical connections are satisfactory Shows satisfactory control of language: grammar, stylistic variety, and accepted conventions of
writing; some flaws may occur 3: Limited Essay
Succeeds only partially in presenting and supporting a critique of the argument Ideas may be unclear and poorly organized Shows less than satisfactory control of language: contains significant mistakes in grammar,
usage, and sentence structure 2: Seriously Flawed Essay
Shows little success in presenting and supporting a critique of the argument Ideas lack organization Meaning is impeded by many serious mistakes in grammar, usage, and sentence structure
1: Fundamentally Deficient Essay
Fails to present a coherent critique of the argument Ideas are seriously disorganized Lacks meaning due to widespread severe mistakes in grammar, usage, and sentence structure
0: Unscorable Essay
Essay completely ignores topic or is written in a language other than English
