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Author Biographies

Beth Walsh-Moorman is an assistant professor of literacy at Lake Erie College in Painesville, OH. Before that, she worked as the literacy specialist and English Department chair at Notre Dame Cathedral Latin School in Chardon, OH. She can be reached at ewalsh@lec.edu or on Twitter at @bethwm7380.

Katie Ours is the English Department chair at Notre Dame Cathedral Latin School in Chardon, OH, where she teaches dual-enrollment composition classes, 11th grade English and creative writing. She has presented on mastery grading and digital literacy at state and local conferences. Her email is katie.ours@ndcl.org.

Aubrey Deatoncurrently teaches 10th grade Honors English at Notre Dame Cathedral Latin School in Chardon, OH. She has taught multiple courses throughout her 10 years as an English teacher in both Kentucky and Ohio, including 9th and 11th grades, Humanities and Journalism. Aubrey’s email is aubrey.deaton@ndcl.org.

Maura McGinty-O’Harais an English teacher at Notre Dame-Cathedral Latin School in Chardon, OH. Mastery grading is used within the courses she currently teaches, English 9 and Honors English 11, in addition to those previously taught. Maura’s email is maura.mcginty@ndcl.org.

Abstract

This article explores three teachers’ experiences introducing a new assessment approach in an existing school-wide, grading framework. Teachers explore how they were able to manipulate the school framework in a way that allowed (and required) students to revise and rewrite until they had achieved mastery on key writing assignments.

Publication Date

5-2020

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