ASSIGNMENT that compares and contrast the Affordable Care Act of 2010 (ACA) with a replacement proposals of your choice from at http://www.kff.or

A level

B level

C level

D level

Writing

Wide variety of sentence structures; excellent word usage, spelling, grammar, and punctuation (25pts)

Some sentence variety; adequate use of wording, grammar, and punctuation

Inconsistent sentence variety; often inadequate in wording, grammar, and punctuation

Writing lacks sentence variety; significant deficiencies in wording, spelling, grammar, punctuation, and/or presentation

Adherence to Guidelines

Thorough and accurate adhe-

rence to guidelines; responds to all guidelines; includes all mandatory elements (25pts)

Majority of work displays accurate adherence to guidelines; responds to most guidelines; includes majority of mandatory elements

Some evidence of adherence to guidelines; some presence of mandatory elements

Insufficient adherence to guidelines; omits numerous mandatory elements; fails to respond to critical guidelines for content

Content

Content well developed,

effectively supported, appropriate for task; effective thinking clearly and creatively expressed (50 pts)

Majority of content appropriate, supported by adequate text; thinking often clearly and creatively expressed

Appropriate content with some supporting text; generally meets requirements

Poorly developed, with supporting details that are absent or vague; weak presentation of ideas and/or unclear wording reflect lack of understanding of topic and audience

Citations

Thorough and accurate evidence of sources to support text; citations complete, correct and correctly placed in text (50 pts)

Good evidence of sources used to support text; majority of citations complete, correct and correctly placed in text

Weak evidence of sources used to support text; numerous citations incomplete, incorrect and incorrectly placed in text

No evidence of sources consulted; if evidence offered, poorly cited in terms of completeness, accuracy and placement in text

Organization

Clearly organized around a central theme; each section is clear and relates to others (25pts)

Writing demonstrates respectable grasp of organization; majority of text is clear and relates to other portions appropriately

Writing demonstrates some grasp of organization, with discernible themes and supporting details

Writing is rambling and unfocused with main topics and supporting details presented in disorganized, unrelated way

Proofreading

Thorough and accurate review of spelling, grammar, punctuation, and citations (25pts)

Majority of paper displays evidence of appropriate proof-reading; few errors in grammar, spelling, punctuation, and citations

Some evidence of proof reading; minor errors in grammar, spelling, punctuation, and citations

Lacks evidence of any proofreading; unacceptable errors in grammar, spelling, punctuation and citations