diff --git a/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/css/combinedopenended/display.scss b/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/css/combinedopenended/display.scss
index b6f78612f1..f2d8e5c497 100644
--- a/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/css/combinedopenended/display.scss
+++ b/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/css/combinedopenended/display.scss
@@ -22,9 +22,20 @@ h2 {
 
 section.combined-open-ended {
   @include clearfix;
-  .status-container
+  .status-bar
   {
+
+    .status-container
+    {
       padding-bottom: 5px;
+      display: inline-block;
+      padding-right: 20px
+    }
+    .progress-container
+    {
+        padding-bottom: 5px;
+        display: inline-block;
+    }
   }
   .item-container
   {
diff --git a/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/open_ended_grading_classes/combined_open_ended_modulev1.py b/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/open_ended_grading_classes/combined_open_ended_modulev1.py
index f7ae9af9d3..724c650cce 100644
--- a/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/open_ended_grading_classes/combined_open_ended_modulev1.py
+++ b/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/open_ended_grading_classes/combined_open_ended_modulev1.py
@@ -37,6 +37,13 @@ HUMAN_TASK_TYPE = {
     'peer_grading.conf' : "Peer Assessment",
 }
 
+HUMAN_STATES = {
+    'intitial' : "Not started.",
+    'assessing' : "Being scored.",
+    'intermediate_done' : "Scoring finished.",
+    'done' : "Complete."
+}
+
 # Default value that controls whether or not to skip basic spelling checks in the controller
 # Metadata overrides this
 SKIP_BASIC_CHECKS = False
@@ -291,6 +298,7 @@ class CombinedOpenEndedV1Module():
             'accept_file_upload': self.accept_file_upload,
             'location': self.location,
             'legend_list': LEGEND_LIST,
+            'human_state': HUMAN_STATES.get(self.state,"Not started.")
         }
 
         return context
diff --git a/lms/templates/combinedopenended/combined_open_ended.html b/lms/templates/combinedopenended/combined_open_ended.html
index 89bfb9ebf7..e09fb29482 100644
--- a/lms/templates/combinedopenended/combined_open_ended.html
+++ b/lms/templates/combinedopenended/combined_open_ended.html
@@ -1,7 +1,12 @@
 <section id="combined-open-ended" class="combined-open-ended" data-location="${location}" data-ajax-url="${ajax_url}" data-allow_reset="${allow_reset}" data-state="${state}" data-task-count="${task_count}" data-task-number="${task_number}" data-accept-file-upload = "${accept_file_upload}">
     <h2>${display_name}</h2>
-    <div class="status-container">
-        ${status|n}
+    <div class="status-bar">
+        <div class="status-container">
+            ${status|n}
+        </div>
+        <div class="progress-container">
+            Progress: ${human_state}
+        </div>
     </div>
 
     <div class="item-container">