Distinguished - Comprehensively summarizes the issue surrounding the court case, the parties involved and the case outcome. Uses strong examples from the course text or other scholarly sources to support the discussion.

Proficient - Summarizes the issue surrounding the court case, the parties involved and the case outcome. The discussion is slightly underdeveloped.

Basic - Summarizes the issue surrounding the court case, the parties involved and the case outcome. The discussion is slightly underdeveloped.

Below Expectations - Vaguely summarizes the issue surrounding the court case, the parties involved and the case outcome. May not utilize examples from the course text or other scholarly sources to support the discussion. The discussion is significantly underdeveloped.

Non-Performance - The summary of the issue surrounding the court case, the parties involved and the case outcome is either nonexistent or lacks the components described in the assignment instructions.

Distinguished - Provides a thorough and balanced evaluation of the impact the case ruling has on compliant implementation of special education programming.

Proficient - Provides an evaluation of the impact the case ruling has on compliant implementation of special education programming. The evaluation is slightly underdeveloped or unbalanced.

Basic - Provides an evaluation of the impact the case ruling has on compliant implementation of special education programming. The evaluation is underdeveloped and/or unbalanced.

Below Expectations - Provides a limited evaluation of the impact the case ruling has on compliant implementation of special education programming. The evaluation is significantly underdeveloped and unbalanced.

Non-Performance - The evaluation of the impact the case ruling has on compliant implementation of special education programming is either nonexistent or lacks the components described in the assignment instructions.

Distinguished - Comprehensively explains how the legislation, determined by the final ruling, promotes a collaborative decision-making process regarding special education placement and services.

Proficient - Explains how the legislation, determined by the final ruling, promotes a collaborative decision-making process regarding special education placement and services. Minor details are missing.

Basic - Minimally explains how the legislation, determined by the final ruling, promotes a collaborative decision-making process regarding special education placement and services. Relevant details are missing.

Below Expectations - Attempts to explain how the legislation, determined by the final ruling, promotes a collaborative decision-making process regarding special education placement and services; however, significant details are missing.

Non-Performance - The explanation of how the legislation, determined by the final ruling, promotes a collaborative decision-making process regarding special education placement and services is either nonexistent or lacks the components described in the assignment instructions.

Distinguished - Thoroughly analyzes the ethical and legal conflict regarding instruction and student placement brought to the forefront as a direct result of this court case.

Proficient - Analyzes the ethical and legal conflict regarding instruction and student placement brought to the forefront as a direct result of this court case. The analysis is slightly underdeveloped.

Basic - Vaguely analyzes the ethical and legal conflict regarding instruction and student placement brought to the forefront as a direct result of this court case. The analysis is underdeveloped.

Below Expectations - Attempts to analyze the ethical and legal conflict regarding instruction and student placement that was brought to the forefront as a direct result of this court case. The analysis is significantly underdeveloped.

Non-Performance - The analysis of the ethical and legal conflict regarding instruction and student placement brought to the forefront as a direct result of this court case is either nonexistent or lacks the components described in the assignment instructions.

Distinguished - Thoroughly describes how your personal beliefs may have influenced your judgment and the fairness of the final court ruling if you were one of the teachers of John Doe or Jack Smith.

Proficient - Describes how your personal beliefs may have influenced your judgment and the fairness of the final court ruling if you were one of the teachers of John Doe or Jack Smith. The descriptions are slightly underdeveloped.

Basic - Partially describes how your personal beliefs may have influenced your judgment and the fairness of the final court ruling if you were one of the teachers of John Doe or Jack Smith. The descriptions are underdeveloped.

Below Expectations - Attempts to describe how your personal beliefs may have influenced your judgment and the fairness of the final court ruling if you were one of the teachers of John Doe or Jack Smith. The descriptions are significantly underdeveloped.

Non-Performance - The description of how your personal beliefs may have influenced your judgment and the fairness of the final court ruling if you were one of the teachers of John Doe or Jack Smith is either nonexistent or lacks the components described in the assignment 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.