Expository Scoring Scheme (ESS)

The Expository Scoring Scheme assesses the structure of expository language, a critical language skill in secondary curriculum, using a scoring rubric consisting of the essential characteristics of a coherent expository. These characteristics include: 1) object, 2) preparations, 3) start, 4) course of play, 5) rules, 6) scoring, 7) duration, 8) strategies, 9) terminology, and 10) cohesion.

View the ESS Scoring Guide, which contains detailing instructions for scoring narratives.

Download the following practice transcripts. Practice by scoring each transcript for ESS. Then compare your scores to the scores of our trained coders.