Who should write the Inquiry Brief or Inquiry Brief Proposal?
The program faculty should produce the Inquiry Brief or Inquiry Brief Proposal. All faculty members of the programs represented in the Brief should contribute to the process, and they are required to approve the final Brief before it is submitted to TEAC for audit.

Does TEAC give any guidance to program faculty as they prepare the Brief?
TEAC expects its members to participate in a formative evaluation process by submitting drafts of the Inquiry Brief or Inquiry Brief Proposal. TEAC staff works with the Brief’s authors until the Brief is accepted for audit, providing review, comment, and guidance on drafts or draft sections of the Brief.

Where do we start? Does TEAC recommend a process for preparing the Brief?
Working together, program colleagues should follow these seven steps to produce the Brief:

1. Review
· TEAC’s standards
· State standards, as appropriate for programs in states with agreements with TEAC
· TEAC’s accreditation process
· TEAC’s requirements for content of the Brief

2. Gather information for
· Introduction (general program description)
· Appendix C (program requirements)
· Appendix D (program faculty qualifications)
· Appendix B (program capacity)

3. Inventory available measures
· Assemble program’s available evidence (Appendix E)
· Assemble a list of the program’s assessments and reasons why the program uses them (Appendix F)

4. Conduct an internal audit
· Describe the program’s quality control system and conduct an internal audit
· Draft the internal audit report (Appendix A)

5. Take stock
· Review assembled material and develop the program’s case

6. Formulate claims or use state/national standards, as appropriate
· Check against public claims
· Align claims and evidence

7. Draft Brief, submitting sections to TEAC for review and comment



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