Who Uses It
Teachers in SBAC states including California, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Idaho, Indiana, Michigan, Nevada, Oregon, South Dakota, US Virgin Islands, and Washington
When They Use It / How It's Used
When providing feedback on SBAC explanatory writing performance tasks for grades 6–11
Uses the official SBAC Explanatory Writing Rubric from August 2022
Delivers targeted, actionable, rubric-aligned feedback across three scoring categories
What It Delivers/Produces
Scoring and feedback across 3 categories scored 1–4:
Organization/Purpose – Feedback on controlling idea, transitions, structure, and conclusion with 2 transition frames the student can use
Evidence/Elaboration – Feedback on specificity, attribution, and elaboration moves with 2 evidence moves showing what to add
Conventions – Scored 0–2 with a 3-item checklist of high-leverage issues
Additional features: Areas of Strength, Areas for Growth, general writing mechanics feedback, Mini Model, Pattern to Watch For, Make-It-Scorable Checklist, and reusable supports including a transition bank, evidence moves, and conventions checklist. Feedback is supportive, specific, brief, and student-facing.
District Impact
Provides consistent, rubric-aligned writing feedback that helps students understand exactly what to improve, supports teachers in delivering high-quality formative feedback at scale, and builds writing skills aligned to state assessment expectations.
What to Upload
Student's SBAC explanatory writing sample