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"It Ought to be a Law!" Project Rubric

Rubric corresponds to the "It Ought to be a Law" Project in Journey to Careers.

Rubric Code: D92XW8

By EGMS_JTC

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Subject: Vocational

Type: Assessment

Grade Levels: 6-8

It Ought to be a Law! Project
	Advanced 4 pts	Mastery 3 pts	Basic 2 pts	Unsatisfactory 1 pts
Bill Brief
	Advanced 4 pts	Mastery 3 pts	Basic 2 pts	Unsatisfactory 1 pts
Sponsor & Co-Sponsor	Advanced Committee includes the name of the Bill Sponsor along with the names of all Bill Co-Sponsors.	Mastery Committee includes most necessary information but omits one item.	Basic Committee includes some necessary information but is missing a great deal.	Unsatisfactory Committee is missing most of the necessary information OR does not include this section in the Bill Brief.
Title	Advanced Committee includes a 2-4 word title in the Bill Brief.	Mastery - - -	Basic - - -	Unsatisfactory Committee does not include a 2-4 word title in the Bill Brief.
Bill Purpose	Advanced Committee completely describes the purpose of the bill and provides ample detail	Mastery Committee effectively describes the purpose of the bill and provides some supporting evidence.	Basic Committee somewhat describes the purpose of the bill but provides little to no supporting detail for it.	Unsatisfactory Committee does not describe the purpose of the bill OR does not include this section in the Bill Brief.
Benefitted Audience	Advanced Committee completely identifies the targeted audience for the proposed bill as well as provides ample detail to specifically identify them.	Mastery Committee effectively identifies the targeted audience and includes some detail about the identity of the audience.	Basic Committee somewhat describes the targeted audience of the proposed bill but does not provide adequate detail that identifies the audience.	Unsatisfactory Committee does not describe the targeted audience of the proposed bill OR does not include this section on the Bill Brief.
Cost & Penalties	Advanced Committee completely answers the following information and gives ample detail to support position. 1. How much will it cost and where will the money come from? 2. What are the fines or penalties, if any, if someone breaks the law that you are proposing?	Mastery Committee effectively answers the previous questions and gives some detail to support position.	Basic Committee somewhat answers the previous questions but gives little detail to support position.	Unsatisfactory Committee does not adequately answer the previous questions OR does not include this section in the Bill Brief.
Affects of Bill	Advanced Committee completely answers the following information and gives ample detail to support position. 1. Who will be affected if the bill passes and how? 2. Who will be affected if the bill does not pass and how?	Mastery Committee effectively answers the previous questions and gives some detail to support position.	Basic Committee somewhat answers the previous questions but gives little detail to support position.	Unsatisfactory Committee does not adequately answer the previous questions OR does not include this section in the Bill Brief.
Sources	Advanced Committee includes a section for sources that they have cited for the Bill Brief.	Mastery - - -	Basic - - -	Unsatisfactory Committee does not includes a section for sources that they have cited for the Bill Brief.
Committee Bill Contents
	Advanced 4 pts	Mastery 3 pts	Basic 2 pts	Unsatisfactory 1 pts
Bill Title	Advanced Committee includes a 1-4 word title describing the proposed bill.	Mastery - - -	Basic - - -	Unsatisfactory Committee does not include a 1-4 word title describing the proposed bill.
Sections
Section 1	Advanced Committee completely follows the directions from the project handout for this section and provides ample detail to support the section requirements.	Mastery Committee adequately follows the directions from the project handout for this section and provides some detail to support the section requirements.	Basic Committee somewhat follows the directions from the project handout for this section and provides little to no detail to support the section requirements.	Unsatisfactory Committee does not follow the directions from the project handout for this section OR does not include this section on the committee's proposed bill.
Section 2	Advanced Committee completely follows the directions from the project handout for this section and provides ample detail to support the section requirements.	Mastery Committee adequately follows the directions from the project handout for this section and provides some detail to support the section requirements.	Basic Committee somewhat follows the directions from the project handout for this section and provides little to no detail to support the section requirements.	Unsatisfactory Committee does not follow the directions from the project handout for this section OR does not include this section on the committee's proposed bill.
Section 3	Advanced Committee completely follows the directions from the project handout for this section and provides ample detail to support the section requirements.	Mastery Committee adequately follows the directions from the project handout for this section and provides some detail to support the section requirements.	Basic Committee somewhat follows the directions from the project handout for this section and provides little to no detail to support the section requirements.	Unsatisfactory Committee does not follow the directions from the project handout for this section OR does not include this section on the committee's proposed bill.
Section 4	Advanced Committee completely follows the directions from the project handout for this section and provides ample detail to support the section requirements.	Mastery Committee adequately follows the directions from the project handout for this section and provides some detail to support the section requirements.	Basic Committee somewhat follows the directions from the project handout for this section and provides little to no detail to support the section requirements.	Unsatisfactory Committee does not follow the directions from the project handout for this section OR does not include this section on the committee's proposed bill.
Effective Date	Advanced Committee completely follows the directions from the project handout for this section and provides ample detail to support the section requirements.	Mastery Committee adequately follows the directions from the project handout for this section and provides some detail to support the section requirements.	Basic Committee somewhat follows the directions from the project handout for this section and provides little to no detail to support the section requirements.	Unsatisfactory Committee does not follow the directions from the project handout for this section OR does not include this section on the committee's proposed bill.
Miscellaneous
Computer-Generated	Advanced The committee's proposed bill is computer-generated using the JTC Bill template.	Mastery - - -	Basic - - -	Unsatisfactory The committee's proposed bill is not computer-generated using the JTC Bill template.
Grammar & Spelling	Advanced The bill contains no major spelling or grammatical errors.	Mastery The bill is mostly free of major spelling and grammatical errors.	Basic The bill contains many spelling and grammatical errors.	Unsatisfactory The bill contains enough spelling and grammatical errors that readability is greatly affected.

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