How should I grade writing for English Language Learners?? How do you give a score?

Your essay will be evaluated on the evidence it gives of your ability to do the following:

• express judgments by taking a position on the issue in the writing prompt
• maintain a focus on the topic throughout the essay
• develop a position by using logical reasoning and by supporting your ideas
• organize ideas in a logical way
• use language clearly and effectively according to the rules of standard written English

Your essay will be scored holistically—that is, on the basis of the overall impression created by all the elements of the writing. Two trained readers will score your essay, each giving it a rating from1 (low) to6 (high).

The sum of those ratings is your Writing subscore, which is reported on a scale of2 to12.

If the readers' ratings disagree by more than one point, a third reader will evaluate your essay to resolve the discrepancy.

I had to check my old notebook for this :)This's how we were graded as English students in the American University in Cairo (AUC):

30% for sentence structure

20% for choice of vocabulary

20% for spelling

20% for fluency (Sentence consistency and rational flow)

10% for the culture within the text (Coverage of required points)