Indiana's state writing assessment, rubric by rubric
ILEARN (Indiana's Learning Evaluation and Readiness Network) is Indiana's annual summative assessment for grades 3 through 8. The English Language Arts portion includes a writing component scored with Indiana-specific analytic rubrics aligned to the Indiana Academic Standards.
Indiana was an original Smarter Balanced consortium state but withdrew from the consortium in 2014. ILEARN, which replaced ISTEP+ starting in the 2018-19 school year, is administered by the Indiana Department of Education and is NOT a Smarter Balanced assessment. The writing rubrics used by ILEARN are Indiana-specific and may differ from the SBAC Performance Task rubrics in trait structure, score points, and descriptor language.
Per-rubric pages will be published here once the official Indiana Department of Education ILEARN writing rubrics have been sourced and the descriptor language extracted verbatim from the IDOE scoring guides. Until then, this page serves as an overview of the assessment.
Indiana ILEARN writing rubrics
ILEARN writing tasks are scored using Indiana-specific analytic rubrics published by the Indiana Department of Education. The per-rubric descriptor language, score points, and traits are not identical to the Smarter Balanced rubrics used by other states. Verified rubric pages will be linked here once the official Indiana scoring guides are sourced.
How ILEARN scores writing
ILEARN writing tasks are scored using Indiana-specific analytic rubrics published by the Indiana Department of Education. The trait structure and score scales are determined by the IDOE and are aligned to the Indiana Academic Standards rather than the Common Core or the Smarter Balanced consortium. Detailed per-trait scoring guidance will be published here once the official Indiana scoring guides have been sourced.
ILEARN writing rubrics are published by the Indiana Department of Education and aligned to the Indiana Academic Standards. The exact trait count, score points, and descriptor language are Indiana-specific and not interchangeable with the Smarter Balanced Performance Task rubrics used by other states.
EnlightenAI does not publish rubric descriptor content unless we can extract it verbatim from the official source document. The ILEARN writing rubric pages are pending verification against the official Indiana Department of Education scoring guides. Per-genre and per-grade rubric pages will be added once that sourcing is complete.
Although Indiana was an original SBAC consortium state, Indiana withdrew from the consortium in 2014. ILEARN is administered solely by Indiana and uses Indiana's own writing rubrics. Do not assume ILEARN scoring matches SBAC scoring in California, Washington, Oregon, or other consortium states.
Common questions about Indiana ILEARN writing
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Score Indiana ILEARN writing in EnlightenAI
Load any Indiana-specific writing rubric into EnlightenAI and start scoring student writing, with consistent per-trait feedback, in a single class period. Indiana ILEARN rubric content is being sourced and will be published once verified.