Overview of the Award Process Review Cycle

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Following the receipt of the Award applications, the first step of the Award process review cycle begins with the Independent Review, in which members of the Board of Examiners are assigned to each of the applications. Each application is evaluated independently by team of Examiners, who develop strengths and opportunities based on the evidence provided in the application.

All applicants are then sent through a Consensus Review. A team of Examiners, led by a Senior Examiner, conducts a series of reviews, first managed virtually through a secure Web site and eventually concluded through focused conference calls. The purpose of this series of reviews is for the team to reach consensus on comments and scores that capture the team’s collective view of the applicant’s strengths and opportunities for improvement based on the inputs from the Independent Review.

After the Consensus Review process, the Panel of Judges selects applicants to receive site visits based upon the scoring profiles. If an applicant is not selected for Site Visit Review, one of the Examiners on the Consensus Team edits the final consensus report, which becomes the feedback report. Site visits are conducted for the highest-scoring applicants. A team of Examiners visits each selected applicant to verify and clarify the processes and results described in the application.

After the site visit is completed, the team of Examiners prepares a final site visit scorebook. Applications, consensus scorebooks, and site visit scorebooks for all applicants receiving site visits are forwarded to the Panel of Judges. The Judges make final recommendations on which applicants should receive the Award. Following the Judges’ review and recommendations of Award recipients, the Site Visit Team Leader edits the final site visit scorebook, which becomes the feedback report.

 

 

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