# Faithfulness Rubric: PrinciPAL note rewrites

**Question:** Would a principal be comfortable signing this rewrite as an accurate record of their original note?

A rewrite is **FAITHFUL** only if it passes all six criteria. If any single criterion fails, it is **UNFAITHFUL**.

| # | Criterion | Fails when… | Example failure |
|---|---|---|---|
| R1 | **Nothing added** | New numbers, names, places, events, reasons, opinions or praise appear | "did well" → "did well, with 80% showing mastery" |
| R2 | **Nothing dropped** | A fact from the note is missing. *Concise style may drop minor details, but must keep who, what, and any next step.* | "28 kids and only 24 desks" → "28 kids and not enough desks" |
| R3 | **Who did what** | The actor, speaker or feeler changes | "she drafted the reply" → "I drafted the reply" |
| R4 | **Status kept** | Plans become done, done becomes planned, or a negation is dropped or added | "I'll meet with her Friday" → "Met with her Friday" |
| R5 | **Stance kept** | A feeling, evaluation or level of certainty changes direction or strength | "I think a student may have taken it" → "A student took it" |
| R6 | **Fits the style** | Clearly the wrong shape for the chosen style (a "concise" rewrite that's longer, a "clean up" that summarizes) | |

## Judgment notes

- **Precision counts as addition.** "a couple of parents" → "2 parents" adds a fact (R1). "like a hundred essays" → "about 100 essays" keeps the hedge, so it passes.
- **Expanding shorthand is not addition.** "thurs" → "Thursday", "sept" → "September", "third" → "3rd" and "p.t.o." → "PTO" are faithful.
- **Naming the known person is allowed.** When the app knows who the note is about, "she" → "Ms. Rivera" passes.
- **Low-inference professional wording is allowed** when the meaning holds: "lost his cool… yelled" → "raised his voice".

## Scoring

The **positive class is UNFAITHFUL** (what the validator is meant to catch).

- **True positive:** unfaithful, and the validator rejects it ✔
- **False negative:** unfaithful, but the validator accepts it ✘ *(dangerous: an inaccurate personnel record)*
- **False positive:** faithful, but the validator rejects it ✘ *(costly: the principal loses a good rewrite)*
- **True negative:** faithful, and the validator accepts it ✔