Sarah W. Beck is an associate professor of English education at New York University, Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development.

"This book could easily find its place on the bookshelves of practicing teachers, preservice teachers, and English education scholars, and should be required reading for any Approaches to Teaching Writing course. The think-aloud writing assessment approach she has developed is relatively groundbreaking in its commonsensical simplicity coupled with its possibilities for teachers attempting to navigate increasingly standardized writing instruction and assessment." —Teachers College Record