In July 2003 the State Board of Education approved a revision to the Media Coordinator Performance Appraisal Instrument. The MCPAI-R was piloted by four school systems in 2002-2003 and validated by staff from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. The process of creating the new instrument began with the adoption of the revised media coordinator job description on July 1, 1999 (State Board Policy QP-F-007). Standards and Criteria were developed in 2001.