Distinguished - Provides a comprehensive and clear overview of diversity trends in U.S. organizations.

Proficient - Provides an overview of diversity trends in U.S. organizations. Minor details are missing or slightly unclear.

Basic - Provides a minimal overview of diversity trends in U.S. organizations. Relevant details are missing and/or unclear.

Below Expectations - Attempts to provide an overview of diversity trends in U.S. organizations; however, significant details are missing and unclear.

Non-Performance - The overview of diversity trends in U.S. organizations is either nonexistent or lacks the components described in the assignment instructions.

Distinguished - Comprehensively critiques the arguments for sustaining and supporting a diverse workforce.

Proficient - Critiques the arguments for sustaining and supporting a diverse workforce. The critique is slightly underdeveloped.

Basic - Minimally critiques the arguments for sustaining and supporting a diverse workforce. The critique is underdeveloped.

Below Expectations - Attempts to critique the arguments for sustaining and supporting a diverse workforce; however, the critique is significantly underdeveloped.

Non-Performance - The critique of the arguments for sustaining and supporting a diverse workforce is either nonexistent or lacks the components described in the assignment instructions.

Distinguished - Proposes thorough, clear, and specific actions leaders and managers can take to enhance diversity of the workforce and to ensure inclusion and equity for all workers.

Proficient - Proposes specific actions leaders and managers can take to enhance diversity of the workforce and to ensure inclusion and equity for all workers. Minor details are missing or slightly unclear.

Basic - Proposes limited actions leaders and managers can take to enhance diversity of the workforce and to ensure inclusion and equity for all workers. Relevant details are missing and/or unclear.

Below Expectations - Attempts to propose specific actions leaders and managers can take to enhance diversity of the workforce and to ensure inclusion and equity for all workers; however, significant details are missing and unclear.

Non-Performance - The proposal of specific actions leaders and managers can take to enhance diversity of the workforce and to ensure inclusion and equity for all workers is either nonexistent or lacks the components described in the assignment instructions.

Distinguished - Proposes thorough, clear, and specific policies, practices, and actions that can be enacted in the workplace to ensure a diverse workforce that is both inclusive and equitable.

Proficient - Proposes specific policies, practices, and actions that can be enacted in the workplace to ensure a diverse workforce that is both inclusive and equitable. Minor details are missing or slightly unclear.

Basic - Proposes limited policies, practices, and actions that can be enacted in the workplace to ensure a diverse workforce that is both inclusive and equitable. Relevant details are missing and/or unclear.

Below Expectations - Attempts to propose specific policies, practices, and actions that can be enacted in the workplace to ensure a diverse workforce that is both inclusive and equitable; however, significant details are missing and unclear.

Non-Performance - The proposal of specific policies, practices, and actions that can be enacted in the workplace to ensure a diverse workforce that is both inclusive and equitable is either nonexistent or lacks the components described in the assignment instructions.

Distinguished - Displays meticulous comprehension and organization of syntax and mechanics, such as spelling and grammar. Written work contains no errors and is very easy to understand.

Proficient - Displays comprehension and organization of syntax and mechanics, such as spelling and grammar. Written work contains only a few minor errors and is mostly easy to understand.

Basic - Displays basic comprehension of syntax and mechanics, such as spelling and grammar. Written work contains a few errors which may slightly distract the reader.

Below Expectations - Fails to display basic comprehension of syntax or mechanics, such as spelling and grammar. Written work contains major errors which distract the reader.

Non-Performance - The assignment is either nonexistent or lacks the components described in the instructions.

Distinguished - Accurately uses APA formatting consistently throughout the paper, title page, and reference page.

Proficient - Exhibits APA formatting throughout the paper. However, layout contains a few minor errors. 

Basic - Exhibits limited knowledge of APA formatting throughout the paper. However, layout does not meet all APA requirements. 

Below Expectations - Fails to exhibit basic knowledge of APA formatting. There are frequent errors, making the layout difficult to distinguish as APA.

Non-Performance - The assignment is either nonexistent or lacks the components described in the instructions.

Distinguished - The length of the paper is equivalent to the required number of words.

Proficient - The length of the paper is nearly equivalent to the required number of words.

Basic - The length of the paper is equivalent to at least three quarters of the required number of words.

Below Expectations - The length of the paper is equivalent to at least one half of the required number of words.   

Non-Performance - The assignment is either nonexistent or lacks the components described in the instructions.

Distinguished - Uses more than the required number of scholarly sources, providing compelling evidence to support ideas. All sources on the reference page are used and cited correctly within the body of the assignment.

Proficient - Uses the required number of scholarly sources to support ideas. All sources on the reference page are used and cited correctly within the body of the assignment.

Basic - Uses less than the required number of sources to support ideas. Some sources may not be scholarly. Most sources on the reference page are used within the body of the assignment. Citations may not be formatted correctly.

Below Expectations - Uses an inadequate number of sources that provide little or no support for ideas. Sources used may not be scholarly. Most sources on the reference page are not used within the body of the assignment. Citations are not formatted correctly.

Non-Performance - The assignment is either nonexistent or lacks the components described in the instructions.