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November 28, 2012 <br />Item 7.d <br />Essay Contest Evaluation Process <br />Human Rights Essays: Middle School <br />Proposed Process for Reviewing Student Essays <br />Initial Readers: Two initial readers will independently read all submitted essays, <br />and the essays will be individually scored according to a shared rubric. Each <br />initial reader will make a list of finalists for the full Commission. If either of the <br />initial readers includes an essay in their list of finalists (which means that s/he <br />would at least consider that essay for an honorable mention), then it should be <br />included in the group of essays forwarded onto the other Commissioners. When <br />the initial readers are done individually reading each (submitted) essay, they will <br />(individually) forward to staff/Carolyn their list of finalists (which may even be <br />quite large - up to 30 or so) and they'll include a ranking of the top ten as well. <br />Reading by Full Commission: After staff has the list of all finalists from each of <br />the initial readers, those essays will be forwarded on to the full Commission for a <br />blind evaluation by the others as well. The rankings and evaluations by the initial <br />readers and other commissioners are confidential, and they are not to be shared <br />with any other commissioners until all results are in at the Commission meeting. <br />Commissioners will receive the group of finalist essays to read and rank, and <br />they will score them according to the same rubric used by the initial readers. <br />Commissioners will be asked to individually rank the top 8-10 essays on their <br />own. Commissioners should then send staff their individual rankings for the top <br />8-10 essays. <br />Tally/Decision at Commission Meeting: Staff will provide the final tally of all of <br />rankings for discussion/decision by the full commission. <br />