If consensus cannot be reached, a third reader will be used. Readers will be normed at least once per year, usually during fall term. Additional norming sessions will be scheduled as needed. Assessors will have 1 day's release time for portfolio assessment. Evaluated writing focused at level of paragraph and sentence.
Students extend and enhance control of composing and rhetorical processes.
Basic mastery of keyboarding skills is expected. Students learn to adapt their writing processes to the rhetorical constraints of academic writing.