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Bill Analysis Assignment Guide CAD 625 Children, Youth, and Public Policy

You will select a legislative bill from a list provided in class. Then, you will write a paper describing and analyzing the bill based on Kraft and Furlong (2018)’s evaluative criteria. Please see “Bill Analysis Guided Example” on iLearn for more information about what to include and how to format each section. PAPER FORMATTING: Please use APA formatting guidelines throughout the report: • 12-point, times new roman font, 1” margins • Include an APA-formatted title page • Use APA style in-text citations • Divide paper into five sections (detailed below); each section should have APA-style headings • Suggested length: 3 double-spaced pages (not including title or reference pages) • APA help can be found in the “APA Resources” folder at the top of the course iLearn page SECTIONS OF THE PAPER: 1) Title page (use the bill # in the title)

2) Bill description

Information about the bill – include the following: • Name of the bill • Number of the bill • Who is sponsoring the bill (these are the senator(s)/representatives(s)/assembly members

who introduced the bill) [4 points] • Describe the bill and the goal(s) of the bill [4 points] • Describe the bill’s status in the legislative process [4 points]

3) Policy Analysis

Discuss Kraft and Furlong’s evaluative criteria (for descriptions of these evaluative criteria, please see Kraft and Furlong Chapter 6, pp. 183-193) • Effectiveness: Is the proposed policy likely to accomplish its goals? [4 points] • Efficiency: Are the expected benefits of the policy worth the costs? [4 points] • Equity: Are the benefits of the policy fairly distributed? [4 points]

4) Conclusion

Provide a summary of your evaluation on effectiveness, efficiency and equity with at least one justification for each criterion [6 points]

5) References page

Must include references for: • Bill • Kraft & Furlong • Any other sources you used in the writing of your paper

Writing = 5 points, APA = 5 points

GRADING RUBRIC

CATEGORY Excellent Good Satisfactory Below expectation Bill

Description: 12 points

The paper includes the name and number of

the bill, the sponsor(s) of the bill, its status in the legislative process, and a brief description of the bill including its

goal(s) (11-12)

The paper includes the name and number of the bill, the

sponsor(s) of the bill, its status in the legislative process, and a

brief description of the bill including its goal(s), but some

details are unclear or information is lacking.

(9-10)

The paper is missing one of the following: name and number of the bill, the

sponsor(s) of the bill, its status in the legislative process,

and a brief description of the bill including its goal(s)

(7-8)

The paper is missing two or more of the following: name and number of the

bill, the sponsor(s) of the bill, its status in the

legislative process, and a brief description of the bill

including its goal(s) (0-6)

Legislation Analysis: 12 points

There is a thoughtful analysis of the bill using

the three evaluative criteria described by Kraft and

Furlong (11-12)

There an analysis of the bill using the Kraft and Furlong

three criteria, but the assessment is not comprehensive or some

aspect is unclear (9-10)

The analysis of the bill involves only some of the three

Kraft and Furlong criteria (7-8)

The analysis does not draw on the Kraft or

Furlong criteria (0-6)

Conclusion: 6 points

There is a complete conclusion that references

the bill and covers all three evaluative criteria

with at least one justification for each

criterion (6)

There is a complete conclusion that references the

bill and covers all three evaluative criteria with at

least one justification for two of the criteria

(4-5)

Conclusion references the bill and covers 1-2 criteria with justification or does

not include justification for any criteria

(2-3)

Conclusion lacks references to the bill and is missing criteria and

justification (0-1)

Mechanics & Style:

5 points

Information is organized with well-constructed

paragraphs and thoughtful transitions that show how

ideas are connected. Sentences are well-

constructed. Rare or no grammatical, spelling or

punctuation errors. (5)

Information is organized with well-constructed paragraphs and some transitions Most

sentences are well- constructed. Almost no grammatical, spelling or

punctuation errors. (4)

Information is organized, but paragraphs are not

well-constructed and clear transitions are not provided.

Many sentences are not well-constructed. A few grammatical spelling, or

punctuation errors. (2-3)

The information appears to be disorganized. Most sentences are not well- constructed or varied. Many grammatical,

spelling, or punctuation errors. (0-1)

APA Format:

5 points

APA format is correctly used for all quotes,

citations and references (5)

Roughly a quarter or less of quotes, citations and references

use APA format incorrectly. (4)

Roughly half of quotes, citations and references use

APA format incorrectly. (2-3)

Sources are included and cited, but APA format is

not used. (0-1)