Holistic Rubric

Score	Label	Description
6	Exemplary	Give a complete response with clear, coherent explanation; shows work or diagrams; communicates answer effectively to audience; shows understanding of open-ended problem’s; identifies important elements of the problem
5	Competent	Give fairly complete response with reasonably clear explanations; may show work; communicates answer effectively to audience; shows understand of the problem and process; identifies important elements of the problem
4	Minor Flaws but Satisfactory	Completes the problem satisfactorily, but explanation not complete; shown work may be inappropriate or unclear; understands the mathematical idea; uses math ideas effectively
3	Serious Flaws but Nearly Satisfactory	Begins problem correctly but may fail to complete or omits important parts; fails to show understanding of mathematical ideas and processes; make major computational errors; misuse or fail to use mathematical terms; response may reflect an inappropriate way of solving
2	Begins but fails to complete problems	Explanation is not understandable; work is unclear; show no understanding of the problem; make major computational errors
1	Unable to begin effectively	Words do not reflect the problem; work misrepresents the problem; copies parts of the problem without attempting a solution; does not show what information is important to the problem