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on movetoireland.com "The national curriculum requires all students to take an extensive series of examinations. Students must pass 6 exams to earn a Leaving Certificate at the end of high school. There are honours level, ordinary level, and foundation level exams."

From the Hunter College Reading/Writing Center for the CUNY/ACT Basic Skills Tests, this rubric directs those who are grading the (New York City) city-wide exam.

JEC says that faculty must attend an 8-hour training session to learn to grade these exams -- and not all pass in the first session.

Published by CollegeBoard, revised 12/2008. This guide provides practice for the WritePlacer test including information about how the exam is scored.

R.O. (week 5, semester3) used this guide with her students to help them prepare for their retest.

on the Testing Center, York College - The City University of New York. Five scoring categories: 1. "Critical Response to the Writing Task and Text" 2."Development of Writer's Ideas": 3. Structure of the Response" 4. "Language Use: Sentences and Word Choice" 5. "Language Use: Grammar, Usage, Mechanics"