Differentiate the executive and legislative branches of the U.S. government.
Competency Assessment Rubric
All competency criteria must be met to earn a B grade and pass this Course Outcome.
A predefined number of mastery criteria must be met to earn an A grade, indicating mastery of the Course Outcome. See the CLA and Grade Criteria Chart below.
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Legislative Branch: Check on Executive Branch |
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Competency |
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Explains how the legislative branch acts as a check against the executive branch. |
X |
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Mastery |
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Supports description of legislative branch’s checks with specific, referenced examples. |
X |
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Executive Branch: Check on Legislative Branch |
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Competency |
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Explains how the executive branch acts as a check against the legislative branch. |
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X |
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Mastery |
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Supports description of executive branch’s checks with specific, referenced examples. |
X |
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Executive Versus Legislative Branch: Analysis |
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Competency |
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Explains how either the executive or legislative branch wields more power at the expense of the other branch. |
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X |
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Explains why an analysis of executive versus legislative powers is important to the student. |
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X |
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Mastery |
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Supports description of legislative and/or executive branch’s power with specific, referenced examples. |
X |
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Total Competency Criteria: |
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Total Mastery Criteria: |
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CLA and Grade Criteria Chart
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CRITERIA |
CLA Score |
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Points |
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Meets all competency criteria and 2–3 of mastery criteria |
5 |
A |
1000 |
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Meets all competency criteria and 0–1 of mastery criteria |
4 |
B |
850 |
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Meets 3 of competency criteria |
3 |
Not Yet Competent* |
0 |
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Meets 2 of competency criteria |
2 |
Not Yet Competent* |
0 |
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Meets 1 of competency criteria |
1 |
Not Yet Competent* |
0 |
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Meets 0 competency criteria |
0 |
Not Yet Competent* |
0 |
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No submission |
NA |
Not Yet Competent* |
0 |
*Not Yet Competent grades convert to an F at term end.
*If work submitted for this competency assessment does not meet the minimum submission requirements, it will be returned for revision without being scored. If the work submitted does not meet the minimum submission requirements by the end of the term, you will receive a failing score.
Minimum Submission Requirements
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Minimum Submission Requirements |
MET |
NOT YET MET |
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· Full-sentence outline format |
X |
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· APA formatting (including in-text citations and a separate reference page following the outline) |
X |
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· Three sources (including the class text and two additional outside sources) |
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X |