This document is a rubric for assessing students' abilities to identify and analyze different informational text structures, including problem/solution, cause/effect, compare/contrast, chronological sequence, and description. The rubric rates students from 1 to 4 in each text structure based on whether they can consistently, sometimes, rarely, or never determine the structure; analyze how parts fit into the overall structure and contribute to developing ideas; and locate relevant signal words. The bottom section provides space for notes and observations from student conferences.