BARBARA E. WALVOORD has consulted with more than 400 institutions on Writing Across the Curriculum (WAC) and assessment. She has taught writing and writing-intensive courses and has led assessment and WAC programs at several institutions. Her publications include Assessment Clear and Simple (Jossey-Bass, 2010) and Effective Grading (Jossey-Bass, 2010), with Virginia Johnson Anderson, both in their second editions.