World Languages Credit Exam: Rubric and Passing Ranges

Learn how credit is awarded on the World Languages Credit Exam

This document describes how credit is awarded on the World Languages Credit Exam.

Content is appropriate and meets all requirements.
Ideas are developed beyond a basic response.
Writing is organized and creative.
The text is easy to comprehend. The reader does not need to interpret the writing.
The writer uses a wide variety of simple and complex sentences.
Paragraphs are organized and structured.
The text includes a variety of cohesive devices.
Vocabulary shows extensive variety.
The text includes expressions and idioms. These are used correctly.
The text includes basic and complex language structures.
Spelling and usage are correct almost all the time.

Most of the content is appropriate. The text meets some requirements.
Ideas are underdeveloped.
The reader can comprehend most of the text. The reader needs to interpret some parts.
The writer uses simple and complex sentences with little repetition.
The text includes few cohesive devices.
Vocabulary use is adequate and basic.
The text includes basic language structures – it may include complex structures.
Appropriate use of basic and complex language structures is emerging.
Spelling and usage are sometimes inaccurate.

The content is often inadequate. The text is legible and meets some requirements minimally.
The reader must interpret most of the text.
The writer uses repetitive sentence types and few cohesive devices.
Vocabulary is inadequate or inaccurate
Spelling and usage are inadequate or inaccurate.