diff --git a/.changeset/metal-readers-impress.md b/.changeset/metal-readers-impress.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5303398c8f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/metal-readers-impress.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@khanacademy/perseus": patch
+---
+
+Refactor scoring for `group` widget to follow the same pattern as all other widgets
diff --git a/.changeset/stupid-apricots-retire.md b/.changeset/stupid-apricots-retire.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5011192a2e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/stupid-apricots-retire.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@khanacademy/perseus-editor": patch
+---
+
+Remove debugging call in GraphSettings component
diff --git a/packages/perseus-editor/src/components/graph-settings.tsx b/packages/perseus-editor/src/components/graph-settings.tsx
index c7ceda7499..483033dba5 100644
--- a/packages/perseus-editor/src/components/graph-settings.tsx
+++ b/packages/perseus-editor/src/components/graph-settings.tsx
@@ -160,7 +160,6 @@ const GraphSettings = createReactClass({
 
         // @ts-expect-error - TS2531 - Object is possibly 'null'. | TS2339 - Property 'value' does not exist on type 'Element | Text'.
         const url = ReactDOM.findDOMNode(this.refs["bg-url"]).value; // eslint-disable-line react/no-string-refs
-        url; //  ?
         if (url) {
             Util.getImageSize(url, (width, height) => {
                 if (this._isMounted) {
diff --git a/packages/perseus/src/renderer-util.ts b/packages/perseus/src/renderer-util.ts
index cc332f8713..065e68af95 100644
--- a/packages/perseus/src/renderer-util.ts
+++ b/packages/perseus/src/renderer-util.ts
@@ -53,27 +53,13 @@ export function emptyWidgetsFunctional(
             return false;
         }
 
-        let score: PerseusScore | null = null;
-        const userInput = userInputMap[id];
         const scorer = getWidgetScorer(widget.type);
-
-        if (widget.type === "group") {
-            const scores = scoreWidgetsFunctional(
-                widget.options.widgets,
-                Object.keys(widget.options.widgets),
-                userInputMap[id] as UserInputMap,
-                strings,
-                locale,
-            );
-            score = Util.flattenScores(scores);
-        } else if (scorer) {
-            score = scorer(
-                userInput as UserInput,
-                widget.options,
-                strings,
-                locale,
-            );
-        }
+        const score = scorer?.(
+            userInputMap[id] as UserInput,
+            widget.options,
+            strings,
+            locale,
+        );
 
         if (score) {
             return Util.scoreIsEmpty(score);
@@ -133,22 +119,14 @@ export function scoreWidgetsFunctional(
 
         const userInput = userInputMap[id];
         const scorer = getWidgetScorer(widget.type);
-        if (widget.type === "group") {
-            const scores = scoreWidgetsFunctional(
-                widget.options.widgets,
-                getWidgetIdsFromContent(widget.options.content),
-                userInputMap[id] as UserInputMap,
-                strings,
-                locale,
-            );
-            widgetScores[id] = Util.flattenScores(scores);
-        } else if (scorer) {
-            widgetScores[id] = scorer(
-                userInput as UserInput,
-                widget.options,
-                strings,
-                locale,
-            );
+        const score = scorer?.(
+            userInput as UserInput,
+            widget.options,
+            strings,
+            locale,
+        );
+        if (score != null) {
+            widgetScores[id] = score;
         }
     });
 
diff --git a/packages/perseus/src/validation.types.ts b/packages/perseus/src/validation.types.ts
index f0fde91d66..03f7139c7c 100644
--- a/packages/perseus/src/validation.types.ts
+++ b/packages/perseus/src/validation.types.ts
@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@ export type PerseusExpressionRubric = {
 export type PerseusExpressionUserInput = string;
 
 export type PerseusGroupRubric = PerseusGroupWidgetOptions;
+export type PerseusGroupUserInput = UserInputMap;
 
 export type PerseusGradedGroupRubric = PerseusGradedGroupWidgetOptions;
 
diff --git a/packages/perseus/src/widgets/group/group.tsx b/packages/perseus/src/widgets/group/group.tsx
index 6df7646007..ec5ae760d0 100644
--- a/packages/perseus/src/widgets/group/group.tsx
+++ b/packages/perseus/src/widgets/group/group.tsx
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ import {ApiOptions} from "../../perseus-api";
 import Renderer from "../../renderer";
 import {getPromptJSON as _getPromptJSON} from "../../widget-ai-utils/group/group-ai-utils";
 
+import scoreGroup from "./score-group";
+
 import type {PerseusGroupWidgetOptions} from "../../perseus-types";
 import type {
     APIOptions,
@@ -202,6 +204,9 @@ export default {
     displayName: "Group (SAT only)",
     widget: Group,
     traverseChildWidgets: traverseChildWidgets,
+    // TODO(LEMS-2656): remove TS suppression
+    // @ts-expect-error: Type 'UserInput' is not assignable to type 'PerseusCSProgramUserInput'.
+    scorer: scoreGroup,
     hidden: true,
     isLintable: true,
 } satisfies WidgetExports<typeof Group>;
diff --git a/packages/perseus/src/widgets/group/score-group.ts b/packages/perseus/src/widgets/group/score-group.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4db4058118
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/perseus/src/widgets/group/score-group.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+import {scoreWidgetsFunctional} from "../../renderer-util";
+import Util from "../../util";
+
+import type {PerseusStrings} from "../../strings";
+import type {PerseusScore} from "../../types";
+import type {
+    PerseusGroupRubric,
+    PerseusGroupUserInput,
+} from "../../validation.types";
+
+// The `group` widget is basically a widget hosting a full Perseus system in
+// it. As such, scoring a group means scoring all widgets it contains.
+function scoreGroup(
+    userInput: PerseusGroupUserInput,
+    options: PerseusGroupRubric,
+    strings: PerseusStrings,
+    locale: string,
+): PerseusScore {
+    const scores = scoreWidgetsFunctional(
+        options.widgets,
+        Object.keys(options.widgets),
+        userInput,
+        strings,
+        locale,
+    );
+
+    return Util.flattenScores(scores);
+}
+
+export default scoreGroup;