Describes a system of contract grading in an introductory college composition which the author devised and has used for two years, in which all students sign a contract that delineates requirements for a course grade of “B.” Discusses these requirements, how students can raise their grade, and student responses. Notes that a continued dialog about students’ writing is often the quite satisfying result.

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