[davidw]

State of Wash. is made up of independent Boards or Associations. They each dev. their own system (or lack thereof). Our Assoc. in Spokane uses the following:

1) From the previous years, all officals are assigned to one of 5 classifications (pools 1-5) 1 being most proficient, 5 least. They have very detailed descriptions, but I won't go into those here.

2) All officals rate each other twice a year; mid-season and end-of-year. These are officials you have either worked with or seen in school ballgames only. These ratings account for 25% of your final rating-(25% for mid-season & 25% of end-of season).

3) We have a rating committee consisting of a cross-section of each of the pools. They are assigned to view "x" number of school games and tabulate ratings during the season. They then meet at the end of the year and develop a consensus rating for each official. Again, this rating comprises 25% of final rating.

4) Our assigning secretary rates each official. His rating will be the last 25% of your final rating.

5) Misc. Our Executive Board determines the break for each pool. 1-20 Pool 1, 21-35 Pool 2 etc. These break points are not necessarily the same from year to year. First year officials are not rated nor are allowed to rate others. Transfer officials are given Floor Trials to determines pool placement. There are other specifics, but that is the baics of ours.