Policy Change Proposal Section III

A. Project Content

(240 points possible)

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2-8 points

9-13 points

14-19 points

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24 points

Points Earned

Writes an introductory paragraph that includes: (1) the public policy problem statement, (2) the public policy question, and (3) the proposed amendment to a section of the health reform law approved by the instructor.

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Explains the social, economic, ethical, political, and legal issues that would affect passage of the proposed amendment.

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Writes the role of the politician, voter, activist, and lobbyist stakeholder groups in relation to the proposed amendment.

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Provides a summary (not a conclusion) that describes the section of the health reform law to be amended and how the proposed amendment would change the section of the law including how the political, legal, ethical, social, and economic issues would affect stakeholder buy in to support the proposed amendment.

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Lists 3 measurable goals for the proposed amendment.

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Lists a one sentence definition for each policy change option and financial Criteria in the students own words and in a table format uses each evaluation criteria to evaluate the best policy change option to use to implement the proposed amendment.

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Lists three pros and three cons for each policy change option

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Provides a brief summary (not a conclusion) which policy change option will be used to implement the proposed amendment based on the pro and con analysis and policy analysis scorecard data and includes 3 recommendations for communicating the change around the world at little cost.

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Citations and references used are no older than 2010.

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The policy change proposal is written in third person with no reference to the writer and no use of the word “I.”

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Points earned on section A

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B.  Organization and Formatting

(60 points possible)

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1-9 points

10-19 points

20-25 points

26-29 points

30 points

Points Earned

Organization

Paper or project was organized and well written; Ideas were stated clearly and logically and written in change proposal rather than essay style.

No paper or project submitted

Paper or project was unorganized and poorly written; Ideas were not stated clearly or logically

Paper or project was poorly organized and overall writing left great deal of room for improvement; Few ideas were stated clearly and logically

Paper or project was somewhat organized and overall writing left room for improvement; Some ideas were stated clearly and logically

 Paper or project was organized and overall writing left some room for improvement; Most ideas were stated clearly and logically;

Paper or project was thoroughly organized and well written; All ideas were stated clearly and logically

Formatting

APA formatting guidelines were followed per the most recent edition of the APA manual.

No project or paper submitted

No formatting guidelines were followed.

Few guidelines were followed.

Some guidelines were followed.

Most guidelines were followed.

All APA formatting guidelines were followed.

Free of spelling and grammatical errors; written using an expository style consistent with graduate level student work.

No project or paper submitted

Significant spelling or grammatical errors; not written using an expository style, nor consistent with graduate level student work.

Many spelling or grammatical errors; infrequently written using an expository style, not consistent graduate level student work.

Some spelling or grammatical errors; somewhat written using an expository style, and somewhat consistent with graduate level student work.

 Few spelling or grammatical errors; mainly written using an expository style, and quite consistent with graduate level student work.

Free of spelling and grammatical errors; written using an expository style consistent with graduate level student work.

Points earned for section B

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Total Points:  (A +B) /300

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