Services - Updated For 2025-26

360Writing

Updated for 2025-26 to Align with Georgia’s New Standards!

360Writing is a flexible writing curriculum with a growing evidence base of effectiveness. With new standards in Georgia in 2025-26, it has received key updates to help students meet the writing expectations of Georgia’s new standards. A series of nine-week units for each grade level follows a three-step pathway to success:

  1. Build vocabulary specific to each writing technique  

  2. Build shorter pieces, following the writer’s process

  3. Build more extended pieces, following the writer’s process (grades 3 and higher)

Each step of the way, the frameworks 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 2025-26:

  • Exercises similar to the Interpreting and Constructing Texts (ICT) prompts found on end-of-year assessments.

  • Routine emphasis on interpreting texts in a variety of modes.

  • Routine emphasis on using a variety of writing techniques (opinion-argumentative, expository, narrative/poetic) to construct responses.

In short, the 360Writing frameworks remain grounded in research and tightly aligned to Georgia’s standards. Watch the video introduction!

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360Writing Mini Units

A Ten-Lesson Sequence for Success on ICT Prompts

In grades 3-10, Georgia’s new writing prompts ask students to interpret and construct texts (ICT). They first interpret texts in different modes and then construct their own. To help students do so with confidence, we have developed ten-lesson mini units. Each mini unit includes an Interpreting and Constructing Texts (ICT) writing prompt, which mirrors the format found on End-Of-Grade/Course Assessments. Each unit also includes a sequence of ten lessons; these guide students in working through the ICT prompt successfully.

• Three lessons focus on interpreting the research question and related source texts.

• Seven lessons focus on constructing a response to the research question, one part at a time.

Each unit also includes a second ICT prompt, which students could complete on their own. Professional scoring services are available to provide accurate data on students’ progress.

Watch the video introduction!

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Professional Scoring

Accurate, Affordable Human Scoring of ICT Responses

Kevin spent a decade (2005-2015) helping manage the scoring of Georgia’s Writing Assessments, and his scoring team has between one and two decades of experience evaluating students’ writing using the state’s rubrics and scoring philosophy.

We provide practice Interpreting and Constructing Texts (ICT) writing prompts, the type found on end-of-year assessments, and related scoring services, resulting in reliable data on students’ progress. Features include:

  • Scoring data in each of the three traits on the state’s rubric.

  • A print and video interpretive guide for understanding and using the results.

  • Links to specific lessons for addressing areas of challenge (e.g., improving the introduction, incorporating more relevant evidence, elaborating more effectively on evidence, etc.).

  • Simple set up with no need to adopt a new technology platform.

  • This keeps per-student costs lower!