Cross-Alignment: Connecting Consensus and Aligned Evidence

Cross-alignment is an important process that is intentionally embedded into the consensus meeting.

For large program offerings, different teams will review specific grade-band programs or courses. Maintaining a shared mindset still matters. Cross‑alignment helps reviewers identify where programs are the same or similar and where they differ, and determine the implications for evidence and scoring.

Compare Evidence During Consensus

If another team found evidence you or your team didn’t, check to see whether the same or similar evidence exists in the materials for your programs and confirm before finalizing scoring.

If the same or similar evidence is found across multiple programs, it’s important to ensure that scores are also aligned across those programs. As always, evidence and evidence summaries should directly align with the indicator guidance statements.