| CATEGORY | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 
                      
                        | Organization | Information is very organized with well-constructed paragraphs and subheadings. | Information is organized with well-constructed paragraphs. | Information is organized, but paragraphs are not well-constructed. | The information appears to be disorganized. | 
                      
                        | Amount of Information | All topics are addressed and all questions answered with at least 2 sentences about each. | All topics are addressed and most questions answered with at least 2 sentences about each. | All topics are addressed, and most questions answered with 1 sentence about each. | One or more topics were not addressed. | 
                      
                        | Quality of Information | Information clearly relates to the person chosen. It includes several supporting details and/or examples. | Information clearly relates to the person chosen. It provides 1-2 supporting details and/or examples. | Information clearly relates to the person chosen. No details and/or examples are given. | Information has little or nothing to do with the person chosen. | 
                      
                        | Paragraph Construction | All paragraphs include introductory sentence, explanations or details, and concluding sentence. | Most paragraphs include introductory sentence, explanations or details, and concluding sentence. | Paragraphs included related information but were typically not constructed well. | Paragraphing structure was not clear and sentences were not typically related within the paragraphs. | 
                    
                      2001, 2002, 2003 High Plains Regional Technology in Education Consortium HPR*TEC