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Four paths through the same material. Each one is a sequence, not a category — you can read it in order and stop when you have what you need.
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Rubric precision, feedback templates, and how to judge what the draft gives you.For department leads
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For heads of department. Professional development, evidence, and what to expect in the first semester.No sequence
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AnyGrade 1111th Grade Literary Analysis (Basic Writing Skills- Beginning of the Year)This is a feedback template for a basic literary analysis given at the beginning of the school year focusing on writing basics.Use in TA39
AnyMiddle schoolMiddle School – Qualitative AssessmentThis template stands out for its comprehensive AI instructions and structured approach to feedback delivery. Unlike simpler templates, it provides explicit guidance on language style, tone, and ...Use in TA39
AnySpecial Instructions Template - beyond rubricContext of The Assignment Students were asked to write a 5-paragraph argumentative essay comparing General Eisenhower's D-Day speech with President Bush's 9/11 speech, analyzing which is stronger ...Use in TA39
When a whole department needs to grade the same way
Everything above is self-serve. TA39 also runs a facilitated professional development program across one term, built around your own rubrics rather than a generic workshop.
Phase 1
Rubrics, before anyone grades
Pre-semester · 2–3 hoursYour own rubrics reviewed and tightened, so the feedback drafted against them has something to aim at.Phase 2
One assignment, graded together
During term · 2–2.5 hoursA live assignment worked through as a team, so a department arrives at the same judgment on the same draft.Phase 3
What the revisions showed
End of term · 2–4 hoursThe patterns across a term of drafts, and what they change about what gets taught next.Usually run by one assessment lead per department. Around 8 hours of their time across the term.
Reading is not the point. Running one assignment is.
Bring a rubric and a set of drafts you already have. The first path takes you from there to returned feedback.
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