The following are guidelines for scores relating to the Writing portion of the TOEFL CBT/PBT test:
Score of 6
An essay at this level effectively addresses the writing task
is well organized and well developed uses clearly appropriate details to support a thesis or illustrate ideas displays consistent facility in the use of language demonstrates syntactic variety and appropriate word choice.
Score of 5
An essay at this level may address some parts of the task more effectively than others is generally well organized and developed uses details to support a thesis or illustrate an idea displays facility in the use of the language demonstrates some syntactic variety and range of vocabulary.
Score of 4
An essay at this level addresses the writing topic adequately but may slight parts of the task is adequately organized and developed uses some details to support a thesis or illustrate an idea demonstrates adequate but possibly inconsistent facility with syntax and usage may contain some errors that occasionally obscure meaning.
Score of 3
An essay at this level may reveal one or more of the following weaknesses:
inadequate organization or development inappropriate or insufficient details to support or illustrate generalizations
a noticeably inappropriate choice of words or word forms
an accumulation of errors in sentence structure and/or usage.
Score of 2
An essay at this level is seriously flawed by one or more of the following weaknesses:
serious disorganization or underdevelopment
little or no detail, or irrelevant specifics serious and frequent errors in sentence structure or usage serious problems with focus.
Score of 1
An essay at this level may be incoherent may be undeveloped may contain severe and persistent writing errors.
Score of 0
An essay will be rated 0 if it
contains no response,
merely copies the topic,
is off-topic, is written in a foreign language, or consistsonly of keystroke characters
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