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Holistic Scoring Guide (Generic Rubric) for Science Open-Ended Items and
Performance Assessment Tasks (p. 42)

Grade Eight Proficiency Assessment (GEPA)
High School Proficiency Assessment (HSPA)

The zero-to-three point generic scoring rubric below was created to help readers score open- ended responses consistently. In scoring, the reader should accept the use of appropriate diagrams, charts, formulas, and/or symbols which are part of a correct answer even when the question does not specifically request their use.

3-point response:	Student response is reasonably complete, clear and satisfactory.
2-point response:	Student response has minor omissions and/or some incorrect or non-relevant information.
1-point response:	Student response includes some correct information, but most information included in the response is either incorrect or not relevant.
0-point response:	Student attempts the task but the response is incorrect, irrelevant, or inappropriate.