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