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About the Author<br />
Ken O’Connor is an <strong>in</strong>dependent<br />
consultant on assessment, grad<strong>in</strong>g, and<br />
report<strong>in</strong>g, who has been a presenter<br />
and facilitator <strong>in</strong> 40 states, 8 prov<strong>in</strong>ces<br />
<strong>in</strong> Canada, and <strong>in</strong> 11 countries. He is the<br />
author of How to Grade for Learn<strong>in</strong>g: L<strong>in</strong>k<strong>in</strong>g<br />
Grades to Standards (2009, Corw<strong>in</strong>) and<br />
A Repair Kit for <strong>Grad<strong>in</strong>g</strong>: 15 Fixes for Broken<br />
Grades (2007, ETS/ATI).<br />
january 2009 Pr<strong>in</strong>cipal’s ResearchReview<br />
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