diff --git a/common/lib/capa/capa/responsetypes.py b/common/lib/capa/capa/responsetypes.py
index e9a363adba..81843b6edf 100644
--- a/common/lib/capa/capa/responsetypes.py
+++ b/common/lib/capa/capa/responsetypes.py
@@ -1928,7 +1928,7 @@ class OpenEndedResponse(LoncapaResponse):
         Returns a boolean success/fail and an error message
         """
         survey_responses=event_info['survey_responses']
-        for tag in ['feedback', 'submission_id', 'grader_id']:
+        for tag in ['feedback', 'submission_id', 'grader_id', 'score']:
             if tag not in survey_responses:
                 return False, "Could not find needed tag {0}".format(tag)
         try:
@@ -1936,6 +1936,7 @@ class OpenEndedResponse(LoncapaResponse):
             submission_id=int(survey_responses['submission_id'])
             grader_id = int(survey_responses['grader_id'])
             feedback = str(survey_responses['feedback'])
+            score = int(survey_responses['score'])
         except:
             error_message="Could not parse submission id, grader id, or feedback from message_post ajax call."
             log.exception(error_message)
@@ -1961,6 +1962,7 @@ class OpenEndedResponse(LoncapaResponse):
             'feedback' : feedback,
             'submission_id' : submission_id,
             'grader_id' : grader_id,
+            'score': score,
             'student_info' : json.dumps(student_info),
         }
 
diff --git a/common/lib/capa/capa/templates/openendedinput.html b/common/lib/capa/capa/templates/openendedinput.html
index aff55d6740..27042fda85 100644
--- a/common/lib/capa/capa/templates/openendedinput.html
+++ b/common/lib/capa/capa/templates/openendedinput.html
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
       <a href="#">Respond to Feedback</a>
       </header>
     <section id="evaluation_${id}" class="evaluation">
-    <p>How accurate do you think this feedback is?</p>
+    <p>How accurate do you find this feedback?</p>
         <div class="evaluation-scoring">
             <ul class="scoring-list">
                 <li><input type="radio" name="evaluation-score" id="evaluation-score-5" value="5" /> <label for="evaluation-score-5"> Excellent</label></li>
diff --git a/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/js/src/capa/display.coffee b/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/js/src/capa/display.coffee
index 441d8b7634..005840e9d3 100644
--- a/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/js/src/capa/display.coffee
+++ b/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/js/src/capa/display.coffee
@@ -209,9 +209,11 @@ class @Problem
     fd.append('feedback', feedback)
     fd.append('submission_id', submission_id)
     fd.append('grader_id', grader_id)
-    if(!score || parseInt(score) == NaN)
-      @gentle_alert "You need to pick a rating to submit."
+    if(!score)
+      @gentle_alert "You need to pick a rating before you can submit."
       return 
+    else
+      fd.append('score', score)
 
 
     settings =