Scoring Guide for Journalist

4 Exemplary

• Criteria for Proficient have been successfully met
• Press release reflects research and original insight into the life and times of Biddy Mason

3 Proficient

• Press release contains a minimum of three reasons why Biddy Mason's story is an important part of the Women of the Westward Movement exhibit
• Each reason is supported with a historically correct example
• Press release reflects research on the historic events that hindered or changed Biddy Mason's life
• Press release is written in a logical order, with a beginning, middle, and end
• Press release is "publishable" (no smudges, errors in grammar or punctuation, messy corrections)

2 Progressing

• Four of the criteria for Proficient have been met
• More work is needed

1 Not Yet Meeting the Standards

• Less than four of the criteria for proficient have been met
• Task should be repeated