Distinguished - Comprehensively describes their person’s experience.

Proficient - Describes their person’s experience. Some minor details are missing.

Basic - Describes their person’s experience. Many relevant details are missing.

Below Expectations - Attempts to describe their person’s experience. Most of the description was inaccurate with most relevant details missing.

Non Performance - The description of their person’s experience is either nonexistent or lacks the components described in the assignment instructions.

Distinguished - Comprehensively analyzes the climate of the time period in terms of political, socioeconomic, environmental and technological context in which this person worked.

Proficient - Analyzes the climate of the time period in terms of political, socioeconomic, environmental and technological context in which this person worked. Some minor details are missing.

Basic -Analyzes part of the climate of the time period, but does not include all required elements of political, socioeconomic, environmental and technological context in which this person worked.

Below Expectations - Attempts to analyze the climate of the time period but does not include any of the required elements of political, socioeconomic, environmental and technological context in which this person worked. Or many of the relevant details are missing or incorrect.

Non Performance -The analysis of the climate of the time period in terms of political, socioeconomic, environmental and technological context in which this person worked is either nonexistent or lacks the components described in the assignment instructions.

Distinguished - Fully examines the personal beliefs of the person that prompted their work.

Proficient - Examines the personal beliefs of the person that prompted their work. Some minor details are missing.

Basic - Examines the personal beliefs of the person that prompted their work. Some relevant details are missing.

Below Expectations - Attempts to examine the personal beliefs of the person that prompted their work. Many relevant details are missing.

Non Performance -The examination of the personal beliefs of the person that prompted their work is either nonexistent or lacks the components described in the assignment instructions.

Distinguished - Comprehensively examines how this individual overcame any adversities to succeed in his/her task.

Proficient - Examines how this individual overcame any adversities to succeed in his/her task. Some minor details are missing.

Basic - Examines how this individual overcame any adversities to succeed in his/her task. Some relevant details are missing.

Below Expectations - Attempts to examine how this individual overcame any adversities to succeed in his/her task. Many relevant  details are missing or incorrect.

Non Performance - The examination of how this individual overcame any adversities to succeed in his/her task is either nonexistent or lacks the components described in the assignment instructions.

Distinguished -Effectively describes the final outcome of this individual’s contribution to community and/or public health.

Proficient - Describes the final outcome of this individual’s contribution to community and/or public health. Some minor details are missing.

Basic -Describes the final outcome of this individual’s contribution to community and/or public health. Some relevant details are missing.

Below Expectations - Attempts to describe the final outcome of this individual’s contribution to community and/or public health. Many relevant details are missing or incorrect.

Non Performance - The description of the final outcome of this individual’s contribution to community and/or public health is either nonexistent or lacks the components described in the assignment instructions.

Distinguished - Fully explains what his/her contribution did for overall community and/or public health at the time.

Proficient - Explains what his/her contribution did for overall community and/or public health at the time. Some minor details are missing.

Basic - Explains what his/her contribution did for overall community and/or public health at the time. Some relevant details are missing.

Below Expectations - Attempts to explain what his/her contribution did for overall community and/or public health at the time. Many relevant details are missing or incorrect.

Non Performance - The explanation of what his/her contribution did for overall community and/or public health at the time is either nonexistent or lacks the components described in the assignment instructions.

Distinguished - Effectively explains why this contribution was so important at that particular point in history.

Proficient - Explains why this contribution was so important at that particular point in history. Some minor details are missing.

Basic - Explains why this contribution was so important at that particular point in history. Some relevant details are missing.

Below Expectations - Attempts to explain why this contribution was so important at that particular point in history. Some relevant details are missing or incorrect.

Non Performance - The explanation of why this contribution was so important at that particular point in history is either nonexistent or lacks the components described in the assignment instructions.

Distinguished - Effectively analyzes the impact of their individual’s contribution on today’s public health system.

Proficient - Analyzes the impact of their individual’s contribution on today’s public health system. Some minor details are missing.

Basic - Analyzes the impact of their individual’s contribution on today’s public health system. Some relevant details are missing.

Below Expectations -Attempts to analyze the impact of their individual’s contribution on today’s public health system. Some relevant details are missing or incorrect.

Non Performance - The analysis of the impact of their individual’s contribution on today’s public health system is either nonexistent or lacks the components described in the assignment instructions.

Distinguished - Effectively analyzes how this contribution is still relevant today.

Proficient - Analyzes how this contribution is still relevant today. Some minor details are missing.

Basic - Analyzes how this contribution is still relevant today. Some relevant details are missing.

Below Expectations - Attempts to analyze how this contribution is still relevant today. Some relevant details are missing or incorrect.

Non Performance - The analysis of how this contribution is still relevant today is either nonexistent or lacks the components described in the assignment instructions.

Distinguished - Thoroughly examines how this contribution could support or be expanded for future community and public health benefits.

Proficient - Examines how this contribution could support or be expanded for future community and public health benefits. Some minor details are missing.

Basic - Examines how this contribution could support or be expanded for future community and public health benefits. Some relevant details are missing.

Below Expectations - Attempts to examine how this contribution could support or be expanded for future community and public health benefits. Many relevant details are either missing, incorrect or unclear.

Non Performance - The examination of how this contribution could support or be expanded for future community and public health benefits is either nonexistent or lacks the components described in the assignment instructions.

Distinguished - Employs persuasive and applicable information from credible sources to develop an ample analysis or synthesis of the topic. Viewpoints of experts are scrutinized thoroughly.

Proficient - Employs applicable information from credible sources to develop an analysis of the topic.

Basic - Identifies applicable information from credible sources, but may neglect the application of such information toward the analysis of the topic. 

Below Expectations - Presents information from external sources, but such information may lack credibility and/or relevance. Neglects to apply such information toward the analysis of the topic.

Non-Performance - The assignment is either nonexistent or lacks the components described in the instructions.

Distinguished - Clearly and comprehensively explains the issue to be considered, delivering all relevant information necessary for a full understanding.

Proficient - Clearly explains the issue to be considered, delivering enough relevant information for an adequate understanding.

Basic - Briefly explains the issue to be considered, delivering minimal information for a basic understanding.

Below Expectations - Briefly explains the issue to be considered, but may not deliver additional information necessary for a basic understanding.

Non-Performance - The assignment is either nonexistent or lacks the components described in the instructions. 

Distinguished - Information is exceptionally organized and there is a clear, logical progression of ideas.

Proficient - Information is organized and there is a logical progression of ideas.

Basic - Information is somewhat organized, but there is not a logical progression of ideas.

Below Expectations - The presentation does not follow a logical progression of ideas and lacks organization.

Non-Performance - The assignment is either nonexistent or lacks the components described in the instructions.

Distinguished - Displays meticulous comprehension and organization of syntax and mechanics, such as spelling and grammar. Written work contains no errors and is very easy to understand.

Proficient - Displays comprehension and organization of syntax and mechanics, such as spelling and grammar. Written work contains only a few minor errors and is mostly easy to understand.

Basic - Displays basic comprehension of syntax and mechanics, such as spelling and grammar. Written work contains a few errors which may slightly distract the reader.

Below Expectations - Fails to display basic comprehension of syntax or mechanics, such as spelling and grammar. Written work contains major errors which distract the reader.

Non-Performance - The assignment is either nonexistent or lacks the components described in the instructions.

Distinguished - Accurately uses APA formatting consistently throughout the paper, title page, and reference page.

Proficient - Exhibits APA formatting throughout the paper. However, layout contains a few minor errors. 

Basic - Exhibits limited knowledge of APA formatting throughout the paper. However, layout does not meet all APA requirements. 

Below Expectations - Fails to exhibit basic knowledge of APA formatting. There are frequent errors, making the layout difficult to distinguish as APA.

Non-Performance - The assignment is either nonexistent or lacks the components described in the instructions.

Distinguished - The length of the paper is equivalent to the required number of correctly formatted pages. 

Proficient - The length of the paper is nearly equivalent to the required number of correctly formatted pages. 

Basic - The length of the paper is equivalent to at least three quarters of the required number of correctly formatted pages.

Below Expectations - The length of the paper is equivalent to at least one half of the required number of correctly formatted pages.   

Non-Performance - The assignment is either nonexistent or lacks the components described in the instructions.

Distinguished - Uses more than the required number of scholarly sources, providing compelling evidence to support ideas. All sources on the reference page are used and cited correctly within the body of the assignment.

Proficient - Uses the required number of scholarly sources to support ideas. All sources on the reference page are used and cited correctly within the body of the assignment.

Basic - Uses less than the required number of sources to support ideas. Some sources may not be scholarly. Most sources on the reference page are used within the body of the assignment. Citations may not be formatted correctly.

Below Expectations - Uses an inadequate number of sources that provide little or no support for ideas. Sources used may not be scholarly. Most sources on the reference page are not used within the body of the assignment. Citations are not formatted correctly.

Non-Performance - The assignment is either nonexistent or lacks the components described in the instructions.