Mississippi's state writing assessment, rubric by rubric
MAAP (Mississippi Academic Assessment Program) is the state's annual summative assessment program. The English Language Arts writing portion is scored using a single analytic rubric that applies across the assessed grade levels.
MAAP uses four standards: Development of Ideas (W.1-3, 0 to 4), Writing Organization (W.1-3, 0 to 4), Language Conventions of Grammar and Usage (L.1 and L.3, 0 to 2), and Language Conventions of Mechanics (L.2, 0 to 2). Development and Organization each carry a 4-point analytic scale. The two Language Conventions traits are each scored on a 2-point sub-scale that begins at score point 2.
Raw point totals map to four performance ranges: Advanced (12), Proficient (11 to 9), Basic (8 to 5), and Minimal (4 to 1). The rubric is genre-flexible, applying to argumentative, informational, and narrative writing alike. Descriptor language is anchored to the Common Core writing and language standards (W.1 through W.3 for production of writing, L.1 through L.3 for conventions).
The Mississippi MAAP writing rubric
MAAP uses a single analytic writing rubric across the assessed grades. Responses are scored on four standards. Development of Ideas (0 to 4) and Writing Organization (0 to 4) each carry a 4-point analytic scale. Language Conventions of Grammar and Usage (0 to 2) and Language Conventions of Mechanics (0 to 2) are scored on tighter 2-point sub-scales. Performance ranges map raw totals to Advanced, Proficient, Basic, and Minimal.
How MAAP scores writing
The MAAP writing rubric scores responses on four standards. Development of Ideas (0 to 4) and Writing Organization (0 to 4) each carry a 4-point analytic scale that maps to the Common Core W.1-3 production-of-writing standards. The two Language Conventions standards (Grammar and Usage at L.1 and L.3, Mechanics at L.2) are each scored on a 2-point sub-scale.
Scored 0 to 4. Anchored to Common Core W.1-3 (production of writing). Captures clarity and focus of the writing relative to the task, depth and logical reasoning of idea development, and use of relevant, accurate, text-based evidence and details.
Scored 0 to 4. Also anchored to W.1-3. Captures evidence of planning, logical progression of ideas, effective use of words, clauses, and transitions to clarify relationships among claims, reasons, details, and evidence, and the presence of an effective introduction and conclusion that contribute to cohesiveness and clarity.
Scored 0 to 2 on a tighter sub-scale anchored to Common Core L.1 and L.3. Captures tone appropriateness, word choice precision, sentence fluency and variety, and command of grammar and usage. The 2-point sub-scale begins at score point 2; a response with no command of grammar and usage earns 0.
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