The document is a letter inviting two English teachers from a school to attend a workshop on criteria-referenced holistic assessment of writing to be held on February 2nd from 9am to 1pm. The workshop aims to train teachers to assess written work based on globally validated criteria to identify writing proficiency. Teachers who complete the training will be invited to evaluate 150-word essays at XLRI's campus between mid-February and end of March, and will be paid a decent remuneration for their services. The letter provides contact information for further details and clarification.

1. CriteriaReferencedHolisticAssessmentofWriting XLRI 2 Feb. 2019
Inviteesupto20 members
Mailer:
28th
Jan. 2019
Criteria Referenced Holistic Assessment of Writing
Dear Principal,
Greetings fromXLRI.
I am writingtorequestyouto nominate twowillingandinterestedteachersof Englishfromyourschool
(handlingStd.Xupwards) fora workshopon‘CriteriaReferencedHolisticAssessmentof Writing’ onSaturday
2th
February between9and1.00 p.m.at Lobby2, International Centre.
The workshopaimsat providingahandson traininginassessingwrittendiscourse,identifyingthe globally
validatedcriteriaforefficientwritingexpectedof proficientusersof English.Oneachparameteragraded
scale identifiesmore objectively,the relative strengthof eachstudent.Applyingthe criteriaandparameters,
mosttrainedexaminerswouldbe able toawardthe same grade fora paperanywhere,anytime,anynumber
of times.
Thisservice comesfree of costas part of our commitmenttoempoweryounglearners.
Certifiedparticipantsof thistrainingsession,XLRIwouldbe happytodeploytoevaluate 150 wordessaysat a
mutuallyconvenientdate andtime betweenmid-Februaryandend-March2019 at ourcampus. Needlessto
say,a decentremunerationattendsthe service.
For furtherdetailsorclarificationspleasecontact
Ms. Ekta Sharma email:ekta@xlri.ac.in mobile:9473369511
We thankyoufor your co-operation .
TrainingSchedule:
A three hourorientationtofamiliarize assessorswiththe expectationsfromthisexercise,andto
calibrate andstandardize the procedure
1. Understandingfeaturesandbands
2. Ratingscale: Familiarization
3. Analysingandmarking pre assessedscripts (ingroups,pairsandindividually)
4. Q & A,Deliberation
5. 6 more for calibration
6. Assessmentprocedure–rerating10% of scriptsfor reliability

2. Assistance neededformExamCell
12-20 answerscriptsof yesteryearsfroma wide spectrum withmarksand feedback -
Trainingroom(Syndicate 2in IC)
Pen,writingpads
Photocopyingassistance
Tea and snacks,lunch
(PossibleContent) DraftLettertothe invitedassessors
Welcome toXLRI . Thankyou foracceptingour invitationtoassistin thisimportantproject.
We needsome 5000 scriptsevaluatedbetweenyou.The Examcell wouldsendoutinvitationsand
you’dinformthemof the day(s) andtimings) between9.30and 4.30. You wouldbe expectedto
assess15-20 script an hourand each daythe moratoriumis50 scripts.Youwouldbe signinga
confidentialityagreementbefore commencingthe project,signinforthe scriptsand othermaterials
and signouton returningthemall.
You may require atemporaryidto enterourpremises,sokindlybringwithyouyourrecent
photograph.
The remunerationperscriptof our 12 mts testwould exceed whatCBSCpaysfora 3 hr exam.
Needlesstosaythe projectdemandsutmostconfidentialityandsono informationormaterial
(script,scores,descriptor,instructionetc.) canbe takenawayfromthe premisesordiscussedwith
others.
We appreciate yourassistance.