Services - Updated For 2026-27
360Writing
Updated for the 2026-27 school year!
360Writing is a flexible, full-year writing curriculum specifically aligned to Georgia’s K-12 ELA Standards and assessments. We built it, and continue to fine tune it, through work in Georgia classrooms, with Georgia students and teachers. Each grade level features a series of nine-week units, with an evidence base of effectiveness, organized around a three-step pathway to success:
Build strong understanding of constructing sentences, around the key vocabulary for each type of writing.
Build single paragraphs, following the writer’s process, after interpreting 1-2 source texts.
In grades 3 and higher, build multi-paragraph pieces, following the writer’s process, after interpreting multiple source texts.
Each step of the way, the units build students’ confidence and skill, leaving them better-prepared for the next step. And because the units for each grade level follow the same pathway, writing instruction stays consistent from one grade level to the next.
Key Updates for 2026-27:
Increased focus at the sentence and paragraph levels.
More topics aligned to science and social studies standards.
More streamlined navigation
360Writing Mini Units
Success on ICT prompts and peer-revision tasks!
In grades 3-10, students experience a specific writing task on End-of-Grade and End-of-Course Assessments. In grades 3, 5, 8, and 10, this is an interpreting and constructing texts (ICT) writing prompt. In grades 4, 6, and 7, it is a peer-revision task. To help students develop a process for working through either with confidence, we have developed ten-lesson mini units. Each mini unit includes an ICT prompt or a peer-revision task, mirroring the format found on End-Of-Grade/Course Assessments. Each unit also includes a sequence of ten lessons to help students work through the task with skill and confidence.
• Three lessons focus on interpreting the research question and related source texts.
• Seven lessons focus on constructing a response to the research question or on working through the peer-revision task.
• Each mini unit also includes a second ICT writing prompt or peer-revision task, which students could complete on their own.
• Professional learning is included so that teachers feel confident implementing the mini units.
The mini units are actually sampled from the full 360Writing curriculum. If you already have a writing curriculum, they can serve as an effective supplement so that your students are well-prepared for the type of writing they will find on end-of-year assessments!
Updated Writing Assessments
Accurate data on ICT and peer-revision task responses
Kevin spent a decade (2005-2015) helping manage the scoring of Georgia’s Writing Assessments, and his scoring team has extensive experience evaluating students’ writing using the state’s rubrics and scoring philosophy. Our goal is to provide the most accurate data possible on students’ ICT and peer-revision task responses.
Careful scoring alone, however, is only part of the equation. Another component is topic selection. Wexler (2019) rightly notes that students will do better on reading-writing tasks when they are knowledgeable about the topic. We built our ICT writing prompts and peer-revision tasks around topics students have experience with, and you can select from our bank, or we can custom-build topics to correspond with content your students have explored.
Our peer-revision tasks are designed to be administered in grades 4, 6, and 7, prior to quarter 4, and provide data on students’ progress.
Our ICT writing prompts are designed to be administered in grades 2-10 and may be used for multiple purposes, such as to provide mid-year data on students’ progress and to provide end-of-year data in grades 4, 6, 7, and 9 (given that end-of-year assessments at these grade levels do not require students to write directly).
The ICT prompts or peer-revision tasks may be used earlier in the school year to track students’ progress. ICT prompts might also be used as end-of-year writing assessments in grades 4, 6, 7, and 9 to maintain continuity in writing data across grades 3-10.
Additional features include:
ICT prompts and peer-revision tasks mirror the format on End-of-Grade/Course Assessments (i.e., three questions about the sources and either an ICT writing prompt or five-question peer-revision task).
KRA’s team uses the state rubric to hand score ICT responses in each of the three traits.
The team provides related feedback in each trait, focused on how the student could best improve the response in that trait.
We provide links to specific lessons from the mini units (included at no additional charge) for addressing areas of challenge.
We provide an interpretive guide for understanding and using the results.
Related professional learning to discuss trends in the data is available.