Distinguished (95–100 points)
Highly Proficient (90–94 points)
Proficient (80–89 points)
Suggests Proficiency (70–79 points)
Suggests Lack of Proficiency (65–69 points)
Lacks Proficiency (below 65 points)
- Outstanding work, fully meets all requirements
- Exhaustive coverage
- Completely understands book and uses text-based evidence to support project
- Shows originality
Highly Proficient (90–94 points)
- Excellent work, meets all requirements of task, good breadth
- Well planned and documented
- Shows fine understanding and ability to apply text-based evidence to support project
- Shows evidence of creativity
Proficient (80–89 points)
- Fine or good work, meets requirements of task
- Good breadth of coverage, fairly well planned and documented
- Shows a good understanding and ability to apply text-based evidence to support project
- Could show more evidence of creative thinking
Suggests Proficiency (70–79 points)
- Fair work, meets some requirements of the task
- Fair breadth of coverage with some gaps
- Shows an uneven understanding with some, but not complete, ability to apply text-based evidence to support project
- Needs to fill gaps
Suggests Lack of Proficiency (65–69 points)
- Uneven work, meets some requirements of the task
- Poor breadth of coverage with a number of gaps in coverage
- Little understanding and ability to apply text-based evidence to support project
- Needs to improve in significant areas
Lacks Proficiency (below 65 points)
- Poor work, meets some requirements of the task
- Little to no breadth of coverage
- Little understanding and makes no significant attempt to apply text-based evidence to support project