Sarah M. Zerwin teaches Senior Language Arts and AP Lit at Fairview High School in Boulder, Colorado, and author of the book Point-Less: An English Teacher's Guide to More Meaningful Grading. You can follow her at her blog The Paper Graders and on Twitter at @SarahMZerwin.

Topics include:

• How Sarah realized that points get in the way of learning

• How to identify learning targets and communicate them to students

• How to establish a culture of feedback and maintain it throughout the year

• How to report a final grade at the end of a term