Editor's note: This is part three in a multi-part series. Please see part one here and part two here. Courtney is a teacher at Narragansett Elementary School in Gorham, Maine. Like many districts that have adopted national standards, the performance indicators (PIs) we use in the Gorham School district require students to deepen their understanding of both content and craft. This is particularly true in our writing PIs, which require that students write for various “tasks,