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Module 18: Assessment and the Proficiency Model

Level	Name	What it looks like
1	Novice	Can tag statements by altitude when given time and no live pressure; doesn’t yet do it inside a real conversation
2	Practicing	Applies Step 0 and the ladder live, but consciously, as a checklist; still misses the subtler tells of Module 4’s failure modes
3	Fluent	Catches spelunking, blindness, and overuse mid-conversation via their tells; deploys bridge statements naturally, without visibly “running the framework”
4	Advisory-Capable	Runs vertical traceability (Module 6) unprompted; can raise a stenographer-failure concern without damaging the relationship
5	Facilitator	Can shadow and debrief other practitioners (Drill 3/4), calibrate answer keys, and teach the framework itself
Most working practitioners should target Level 3–4. Level 5 is specifically the bar for anyone who’ll run this training for others.

Score the Module 13 capstone against:

Tagging accuracy — correct altitude and speaker attribution throughout
L2 construction quality — bridge statements are genuinely earned (enough L0/L1 material), not reflexive
Standing and conflict handling — provisional/conflicted statements correctly flagged; genuine vs. apparent conflicts correctly distinguished
Document structure — output matches Module 10’s structure, status flags present and honest
Vertical traceability — at least one topic genuinely traced, with a real observation, not a pro-forma checkbox
Delivery-drift awareness — the Module 12 section shows genuine reasoning about what a later statement would need to be checked against A trainee who scores well on tagging but weak on traceability is a Level 2–3 practitioner, not yet 4 — useful information for where to focus further practice rather than a pass/fail gate. Next: Appendix A — The Field Card.