What factors should be considered when predicting or allocating time for the PECAT process?
Several factors should be considered when planning the time needed to implement the PECAT process. They include: • Each reviewers understanding of physical education. • Each reviewers familiarity with the PECAT. • Each reviewers familiarity with the National Standards for Physical Education and with state or local standards that are addressed within the curriculum under review. • Each reviewers familiarity with the curriculum being reviewed. • The breadth and scope of the curriculum under review. For example, a multigrade curriculum will require more time than a single-grade curriculum. • The number of curriculum materialsmore time will be required for a curriculum that includes ancillary or support products, such as videos/DVDs, workbooks, teacher guides, family involvement materials, than for a single-packaged curriculum with no extra materials. • The orderliness of a curriculummore time will be required for a curriculum that is disorganized, fragmented, or incomplete than for one th
