This workshop will focus on some basic strategies for assessment – specifically holistic grading and norming. We will discuss some of the pedagogical arguments underpinning most writing instructors approaches to grading writing and how that might be extrapolated across other disciplines. We will also practice norming student papers to get a better understanding of where students may be performing as writers when they leave ENGL 1010 or ENGL 2010. Participants will have an opportunity to both practice assessment and evaluate their own assessment practices in response to student writing.