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the following:\n• There is no defensible thesis.\n• The intended thesis only restates the prompt.\n• The intended thesis provides a summary of the issue with no apparent or coherent claim.\n• There is a thesis, but it does not respond to the prompt.\n\nResponses that do not earn this point:\n• Only restate the prompt.\n• Do not take a position, or the position is vague or must be inferred.\n• Equivocate or summarize other’s arguments but not the student’s\n(e.g., some people say it’s good, some people say it’s bad). \n• State an obvious fact rather than making a claim that requires a defense."},{"description":"n/a","criterion":9262579,"id":38343440,"value":"0","scale_value":7701592},{"description":"n/a","criterion":9262579,"id":38343437,"scale_value":7701591,"value":"0"},{"value":"0","scale_value":7701590,"id":38343434,"criterion":9262579,"description":"n/a"},{"criterion":9262579,"description":"Responds to the prompt with a thesis that presents a defensible position.\n\nResponses that 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that earn 2 points:\n• Consist of a mix of specific evidence and broad generalities.\n• May contain some simplistic, inaccurate, or repetitive explanations that don’t strengthen the argument.\n• May make one point well but either do not make multiple supporting claims or do not adequately support more than one claim.\n• Do not explain the connections or progression between the student’s claims, so a line of reasoning is not clearly established.","criterion":9262580},{"scale_value":7701591,"value":"3","id":38343438,"criterion":9262580,"description":"EVIDENCE:\nProvides specific evidence from at least three of the provided sources to support all claims in a line of reasoning.\n\nAND COMMENTARY:\nExplains how some of the evidence supports a line of reasoning.\n\nTypical responses that earn 3 points:\n• Uniformly offer evidence to support claims.\n• Focus on the importance of specific words and details from the sources to build an argument.\n• Organize an argument as a line of reasoning composed of multiple supporting claims.\n• Commentary may fail to integrate some evidence or fail to support a key claim."},{"value":"0","scale_value":7701588,"id":38343430,"description":"Does not meet the criteria for 1 point.\n\nResponses that do not earn this point:\n• Attempt to contextualize their argument, but such attempts consist predominantly of sweeping generalizations.\n• Only hint or suggest other arguments.\n• Use complicated or complex sentences or language that is ineffective because it does not enhance the student's argument.","criterion":9262581},{"scale_value":7701592,"value":"0","id":38343442,"description":"n/a","criterion":9262581},{"description":"n/a","criterion":9262581,"id":38343439,"scale_value":7701591,"value":"0"},{"description":"n/a","criterion":9262581,"id":38343436,"scale_value":7701590,"value":"0"},{"id":38343433,"scale_value":7701589,"value":"1","criterion":9262581,"description":"Demonstrates sophistication of thought and/or a complex understanding of the 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