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The Intelligent Essay Assessor™
evaluates each essay for the five analytic traits listed below. For
each trait, one of the following skill levels is reported to the student:
advanced, competent, limited, or emerging. Click on any
analytic trait to view the level-specific feedback provided to students.
Content
and Development
Advanced
- uses mostly meaningful
and thoughtful ideas
- elaborates and supports
most ideas with specific details, reasons, explanations, and/or examples
Competent
- uses some meaningful and
thoughtful ideas
- elaborates and supports
some ideas with a mixture of general and specific details, reasons,
explanations, and/or examples
Limited
- uses routine, predictable
ideas
- provides limited or uneven
elaboration and support of ideas
Emerging
- uses superficial, unclear,
or confusing ideas
- lacks elaboration and
support
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Focus
and Organization
Advanced
- consistently addresses
the prompt
- shows strong awareness
of audience
- displays a clear plan
with a logical arrangement of ideas and effective use of transitions
- demonstrates strong unity
and completeness
Competent
- addresses the prompt,
but may include minor digressions
- shows some awareness of
audience
- displays effective organization
and transitions, with minor lapses
- demonstrates general unity
and completeness
Limited
- attempts to address the
prompt but frequently loses focus
- shows little awareness
of audience
- displays basic organization,
with noticeable lapses in the logical flow of ideas and few, if any,
transitions
- demonstrates minimal
unity and completeness
Emerging
- shows little attempt to
address the prompt
- shows no awareness of
audience
- displays little, if any,
organization
- lacks unity and completeness
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Effective
Sentences
Advanced
- forms sentences correctly;
errors in sentence formation are rare and minor
- demonstrates exceptional
sentence quality by avoiding awkward sentences
- displays considerable
variety in sentence types, lengths, structures, and beginnings
- displays considerable
fluency
Competent
- generally forms sentences
correctly but with occasional errors
- demonstrates sentence
quality with few, if any, awkward sentences
- displays some variety
in sentence types, lengths, structures, and beginnings
- displays some fluency
Limited
- exhibits limited sentence
correctness; may contain several major errors
- demonstrates limited
sentence quality; may contain several awkward sentences
- displays limited variety
in sentence types, lengths, structures, and beginnings
- displays limited fluency
Emerging
- exhibits frequent and
major flaws in sentence correctness
- demonstrates poor sentence
quality; may contain many awkward sentences
- displays little or no
variety in sentence types, lengths, structures, and beginnings
- displays little, if any,
fluency
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Word
Choice
Advanced
- uses words that are especially
appropriate to audience and purpose
- uses many words that
are precise and accurate; may be vivid and imaginative
- may use figurative language
and imagery skillfully
Competent
- uses words that are generally
appropriate to audience and purpose
- uses some words that
are precise and accurate
- may use figurative language
and imagery somewhat effectively
Limited
- uses some words that
are somewhat appropriate to audience and purpose
- uses few, if any, words
that are precise and accurate
- may use figurative language
and imagery awkwardly
Emerging
- uses words that may not
be appropriate to audience and purpose
- uses vague or inaccurate
words that may interfere with clarity and meaning
- may use no figurative
language and imagery
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Grammar,
Usage, and Mechanics
Advanced
- demonstrates consistent
command of language conventions
- exhibits consistent command
of spelling, punctuation, and capitalization
Competent
- demonstrates general command
of language conventions
- exhibits general command
of spelling, punctuation, and capitalization
Limited
- demonstrates limited
command of language conventions, with significant errors
- exhibits limited command
of spelling, punctuation, and capitalization, with significant errors
Emerging
- demonstrates pervasive
and serious errors in grammar and usage
- exhibits pervasive errors
in spelling, punctuation, and capitalization
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