Distinguished - Develops a clear and accurate instructional plan that includes all required components.

Proficient - Develops an instructional plan that includes all required components. Minor details are missing, inaccurate, or unclear.

Basic - Develops a limited instructional plan that includes most of the required components. Relevant details are missing, inaccurate, or unclear.

Below Expectations - Attempts to develop an instructional plan; however, does not include all the required components and/or significant details are missing, inaccurate, or unclear.

Non-Performance - The development of an instructional plan is either nonexistent or lacks the components described in the assignment instructions.

Distinguished - Provides a synopsis of the instructional plan that thoroughly elaborates on how the types of accommodations/modifications needed throughout the lesson activities and assessments were determined.

Proficient - Provides a synopsis of the instructional plan that elaborates on how the types of accommodations/modifications needed throughout the lesson activities and assessments were determined. The synopsis is slightly underdeveloped and/or lacks minor details.

Basic - Provides a synopsis of the instructional plan that minimally elaborates on how the types of accommodations/modifications needed throughout the lesson activities and assessments were determined. The synopsis is underdeveloped and/or lacks relevant details.

Below Expectations - Provides a synopsis of the instructional plan that attempts to elaborate on how the types of accommodations/modifications needed throughout the lesson activities and assessments were determined; however, the synopsis is significantly underdeveloped and/or lacks significant details.

Non-Performance - A synopsis of the instructional plan that elaborates on how the types of accommodations/modifications needed throughout the lesson activities and assessments were determined is either nonexistent or lacks the components described in the assignment instructions.

Distinguished - Thoroughly describes how this plan sets all students up for mastering the objective and a future summative assessment.

Proficient - Describes how this plan sets all students up for mastering the objective and a future summative assessment. The description is slightly underdeveloped.

Basic - Minimally describes how this plan sets all students up for mastering the objective and a future summative assessment. The description is underdeveloped.

Below Expectations - Attempts to describe how this plan sets all students up for mastering the objective and a future summative assessment; however, the description is significantly underdeveloped.

Non-Performance - The description of how this plan sets all students up for mastering the objective and a future summative assessment is either nonexistent or lacks the components described in the assignment instructions.

Distinguished - Demonstrates consistent use of reliable, appropriate sources and/or evidence to support ideas that are situated within the discipline and genre of the writing.

Proficient - Demonstrates mostly consistent use of reliable sources that are appropriate to the discipline and genre of the writing. Sources offer some support to the ideas in the writing. 

Basic - Demonstrates somewhat inconsistent use of sources that are mostly reliable to the discipline and genre of the writing. Sources offer little support to the ideas in the writing.

Below Expectations - Inconsistently utilizes sources and/or evidence that may be unrelated and offer little support to the ideas in the writing. 

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 basic 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 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 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.