State of New Jersey, Department of Education

Assessment Report Template, with Rubric, for Writing Assignments


Name of author(s) :____________________________________________________

Genre of writing (circle type below):

Description Letter Opinion Narrative

Directions

Report

Story

Other

Writing Tool:

Word processing program_____     Handwriting_____

Scoring Rubric:

                                        1 Below Average; 2 Average; 3 Good, 4 Very Good; 5 Excellent

Rubric Sections
1
2
3
4
5

Ideas

(Content)

 

     

 

Organization

(Follows the rules

for the specific

writing genre)

 

     

 

Sentence Fluency

Word Choice

Voice

 

     

 

Conventions

(Spelling, usage,

Punctuation)

 

     

 

Final Grade: _____________________

Comments to Help Aid Improvement: ____________________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________________

Note: It is suggested that teacher-made or textbook-provided tests in grammar, punctuation, and spelling are administered as skills are taught. Weekly timed writing assignments are scored holistically using the New Jersey Registered Holistic Scoring Rubric for Elementary and Secondary students (as appropriate).