命题作文的得分是根据评分标准给出的，这个评分标准是写作指导老师按照通行的写作能力标准用来评估学生作文的标准。大多数评分标准按6分制评分，6分为最高分，1分为最低分。评分标准对每一个分数级的写作要求都有描述。

　　你得到的分数是一个由TOEFL作文测评系统(e-raterTM)给出的反映作文整体水平的分数。整体评分不对一篇作文的各个单独方面进行专门的评分，如内容的组织、语法正确性、句子结构等。不存在某个方面比另一个方面更重要的问题。

　　提示信息

　　通过对数百篇已经过有经验的老师判分的作文(命题相同)进行分析，TOEFL作文测评系统(e-raterTM)知道如何为一篇命题作文判分。TOEFL作文测评系统(e-raterTM)给出的分数能准确反映经过训练的老师给出的分数。

　　某些情况下，TOEFL作文测评系统(e-raterTM)在给出分数的同时还会发出提示信息(Advisory Message)，提示信息提供关于作文的额外信息，告知写作者提交的作文对于命题而言不是可信的应答。写作者在分析作文时应将提示信息与整体分数一同考虑。

　　TOEFL作文测评系统(e-raterTM)提示信息：

　　Compared to other essays written on this topic, your essay contains more repetition of words and phrases.与其他相同命题的作文相比，你的作文包含了过多的词句的重复使用。

　　This response is too brief to evaluate. (Note: When this advisory appears, no e-raterTM score is provided.)作文太简短，无法评估。(注意：如出现此条信息，TOEFL作文测评系统(e-raterTM)将不会给出分数。)

　　Your essay appears to be a restatement of the essay prompt with few additional details.你的作文象是作文写作提示的重述，缺少另外的细节。

　　Compared to other essays written on this topic, your essay might not be clearly relevant to the assigned topic.与其他相同命题的作文相比，你的作文可能与给定的命题缺少明确的相关性。

　　Your essay does not resemble other essays written on this topic. Your essay may exhibit a unique style or vocabulary or a pattern of development not typically found in other essays on this topic.你的作文不像其他相同命题的作文。你的作文可能使用了与其他相同命题的作文不同的独特的风格或词汇或展开模式。

　　TOEFL相关的评分标准

　　6-- Demonstrates clear competence in writing on both the rhetorical and syntactic levels, though it may have occasional errors.A paper in this category: effectively addresses the writing task

　　is well organized and well developed

　　uses clearly appropriate details to support a thesis or illustrate ideas

　　displays consistent facility in the use of language

　　demonstrates syntactic variety and appropriate word choice

　　5-- Demonstrates competence in writing on both the rhetorical and syntactic levels, though it will probably have occasional errors.A paper in this category: may address some parts of the task more effectively than others

　　is generally well organized and developed

　　uses details to support a thesis or illustrate an idea

　　displays facility in the use of language

　　demonstrates some syntactic variety and range of vocabulary

　　4-- Demonstrates minimal competence in writing on both the rhetorical and syntactic levels.A paper in this category may reveal one or more of the following weaknesses:

　　addresses the writing topic adequately but may slight parts of the task

　　is adequately organized and developed

　　uses some details to support a thesis or illustrate an idea

　　demonstrates adequate but possibly inconsistent facility with syntax and usage

　　may contain some errors that occasionally obscure meaning

　　3-- Demonstrates some developing competence in writing, but it remains flawed on either the rhetorical or syntactic level, or both.A paper in this category may reveal one or more of the following weaknesses:

　　inadequate organization or development

　　inappropriate or insufficient details to support or illustrate generalizations

　　a noticeably inappropriate choice of words or word forms

　　an accumulation of errors in sentence structure and/or usage

　　2-- Suggests incompetence in writing.A paper in this category is seriously flawed by one or more of the following weaknesses:

　　serious disorganization or underdevelopment

　　little or no detail, or irrelevant specifics

　　serious and frequent errors in sentence structure or usage

　　serious problems with focus

　　1-- Demonstrates incompetence in writing.A paper in this category:

　　may be incoherent

　　may be undeveloped

　　may contain severe and persistent writing errors