Distinguished - Thoroughly describes the philosophy, aims, goals, and use of school resources to accomplish the plan.

Proficient - Describes the philosophy, aims, goals, and use of school resources to accomplish the plan. Minor details are missing.

Basic - Partially describes the philosophy, aims, goals, and use of school resources to accomplish the plan. Relevant details are missing.

Below Expectations - Attempts to describe the philosophy, aims, goals, and use of school resources to accomplish the plan; however, significant details are missing.

Non-Performance - The description of the philosophy, aims, goals, and use of school resources to accomplish the plan is either nonexistent or lacks the components described in the assignment instructions.

Distinguished - Thoroughly explains the student role in the community involvement plan.

Proficient - Explains the student role in the community involvement plan. The explanation is slightly underdeveloped.

Basic - Partially explains the student role in the community involvement plan. The explanation is underdeveloped.

Below Expectations - Attempts to explain the student role in the community involvement plan; however, the explanation is significantly underdeveloped.

Non-Performance - The explanation of the student role in the community involvement plan is either nonexistent or lacks the components described in the assignment instructions.

Distinguished - Thoroughly explains the parent role in the community involvement plan.

Proficient - Explains the parent role in the community involvement plan. The explanation is slightly underdeveloped.

Basic - Partially explains the parent role in the community involvement plan. The explanation is underdeveloped.

Below Expectations - Attempts to explain the parent role in the community involvement plan; however, the explanation is underdeveloped.

Non-Performance - The explanation of the parent role in the community involvement plan is either nonexistent or lacks the components described in the assignment instructions.

Distinguished - Thoroughly explains the role of other community members or organizations in the community involvement plan.

Proficient - Explains the role of other community members or organizations in the community involvement plan. The explanation is slightly underdeveloped.

Basic - Partially explains the role of other community members or organizations in the community involvement plan. The explanation is underdeveloped.

Below Expectations - Attempts to explain the role of other community members or organizations in the community involvement plan; however, the explanation is significantly underdeveloped.

Non-Performance - The explanation of the role of other community members or organizations in the community involvement plan is either nonexistent or lacks the components described in the assignment instructions.

Distinguished - Thoroughly explains actions and events to gain support for the plan.

Proficient - Explains actions and events to gain support for the plan. The explanation is slightly underdeveloped.

Basic - Partially explains actions and events to gain support for the plan. The explanation is underdeveloped.

Below Expectations - Attempts to explain actions and events to gain support for the plan; however, the explanation is significantly underdeveloped.

Non-Performance - The explanation of the actions and events to gain support for the plan is either nonexistent or lacks the components described in the assignment instructions.

Distinguished - Thoroughly explains how the plan will be evaluated.

Proficient - Explains how the plan will be evaluated. The explanation is slightly underdeveloped.

Basic - Partially explains how the plan will be evaluated. The explanation is underdeveloped.

Below Expectations - Attempts to explain how the plan will be evaluated; however, the explanation is significantly underdeveloped.

Non-Performance - The explanation of how the plan will be evaluated is either nonexistent or lacks the components described in the assignment instructions.

Distinguished - Renovates ideas or solutions into entirely new forms.

Proficient - Conceives ideas or solutions into a coherent whole.

Basic - Associates ideas or solutions in novel ways.

Below Expectations - Recognizes existing connections among ideas or solutions.

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

Distinguished - Creates meaningful correlations among experiences outside of the classroom to deepen understanding of field of study and to broaden own viewpoints.

Proficient - Compares life experiences and academic knowledge to distinguish differences and similarities while acknowledging perspectives other than own.

Basic - Recognizes correlation between life experiences, academic texts, and ideas perceived as similar and related to own interests.

Below Expectations - Briefly comments about connections between life experiences and academic texts.

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

Distinguished - States and describes the theory and accurately explains the details of the theory used.

Proficient - States and describes the major theory and attempts to explain the details of the theory, but has some inaccuracies.

Basic - States and describes the major theory she/he uses.

Below Expectations - Only states the major theory she/he uses.

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.