A Panel of Writers Developed Multiple First Drafts for Each Standard for Evaluations of Educational Personnel During the Summer of 1985

Abstract

A panel of writers nominated by the 14 sponsoring organizations of the Joint Committee was commissioned to prepare first draft standards for topics that had been identified earlier by the Joint Committee. Each writer was given three topics, a writing guide, worksheets, and a model standard to use in developing their drafts. The drafts included the following: an explanation of the standard, including definitions of key terms; a rationale discussing why the standard was important; guidelines to help people adhere to the standard in practice; common errors associated with implementation of the standard; an illustrative case, showing how the standard was not applied, but could have been, including an analysis of the case with suggestions; and references, legal citations, and other citations that would help people apply and meet the standard.Over 100 drafts were prepared for the 30 topics for standards and these were supplemented by drafts prepared by Joint Committee members in preparation for the October 10-12 meeting. At the Joint Committee meeting, small task groups reviewed alternative drafts for each standard and prepared one version that was based on the drafts and task group discussions. The work of the panel of writers was instrumental in developing a basis for the task group work. Members of the panel of writers included: