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This writing assignment will be a policy paper in which you will select a topic to examine extensively and prepare a wellarticulated paper summarizing what you find. This is not an opinion paper!I do not want to hear your opinion on the topic and you will fail the assignment if you go down that road. You must be objective in your assessment of the policy of your choice based on the evidence presented. In essence, this writing assignment has little to do with yourdomain assumptions (personal beliefs
and value systems).
Instead, all conclusions and inferences should be restricted to those that are provided by the scientific and academic literature(i.e., peer reviewed journal articles).
For the final policy paper, you must use at minimum ten(10) valid references, of which six(6) are academic (i.e., peer reviewed / scientific articles),empirical sources.
Academic, empirical papers are those that are based on observed and measured phenomena (i.e., it analyzes data in some form) that is published in an academic journal.
Note that these sources are the bare minimum – those that typically do well on this assignment use more than the minimum.he paper must be in APA format (works cited, in-text citations, title page, etc., though an abstract is not required).
specific components of the assignment
•Overview & origins of the policy/program oThis includes a brief overview of how it came to be. You should discuss important legislation or cases (e.g., State or Supreme Court decisions) pertaining to the topic though for some, this may not apply
•Prior academic research on the topic regarding its efficacy/efficiency
•Current concerns, controversial perspectives associated with the policy/practice
•Policy implications / Future of the policy/practiceYou must use headers identifying these components throughout your paper.
This will also help with your organization, flow, and transitions resulting in a better paper.Assessment Criteria
You will be assessed on five different criterions for your overall policy paper which are listed below and serves as the grading rubric.
Please make sure that you also review the PowerPoint (I cannot emphasize this enough!) and the checklist (at the end of this document) to
ensure you have a completed paper–make sure each element has been covered in your paper. Each of the assignments has their own rubric which can be viewed on Blackboard. In addition, a checklist is provided for your final paper:
•Thesis Statement/Research Evidence
•Understanding of the Issue
•Mechanical, Grammar, & Language
•Argument & Structure
•Formatting& APA. Please follow these APA requirements:oIn-text citations on Works cited page Section headers onWorks
cited page on Page number An abstract is NOT needed!
*Please do not hesitate to reach out, first time having someone write my papers and I’m a bit
skeptical so I would love to be as transparent as possible through this process.
