Study Guide

APPROPRIATENESS: The extent to which the response is written in the candidate's own words, addresses the purpose of the assignment, and uses language and style appropriate for the specified audience
FOCUS AND UNITY: The extent to which the response clearly states, and maintains clear connections to, the main idea or thesis statement, written in the candidate's own words
ORGANIZATION: The extent to which the response is effectively and coherently sequenced from sentence to sentence and paragraph to paragraph
DEVELOPMENT: The extent to which the response provides relevant, varied, and specific support to elaborate on the main idea or thesis statement, including addressing counterclaims
GRAMMAR AND CONVENTIONS: The extent to which the response is written in the candidate's own words and shows control of grammar, sentence structure, usage, and mechanical conventions (i.e., spelling, punctuation, and capitalization)

Field 201: Educating All Students ( E A S )

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The following characteristics guide the scoring of responses to the constructed-response assignment.

CONTENT	The extent to which the response meets the requirements of the assignment
ANALYSIS, SYNTHESIS, AND APPLICATION OF PEDAGOGICAL PRINCIPLES	The extent to which the response demonstrates understanding of and engagement with the provided exhibits
COMMAND OF EVIDENCE	The extent to which the response presents relevant support

Scores will be assigned to the response to the constructed-response items according to the following score scale.

Score Point	Score Point Description
4	The "4" response reflects a thorough command of the relevant knowledge and skills.
3	The "3" response reflects a general command of the relevant knowledge and skills.
2	The "2" response reflects a partial command of the relevant knowledge and skills.
1	The "1" response reflects little or no command of the relevant knowledge and skills.
U	The response is unscorable because it is unrelated to the assigned topic or off-task, unreadable, written in a language other than English or contains an insufficient amount of original work to score.
B	No response.