Elise B Naramore

Elise B. Naramore is a longtime high school science teacher, primarily in physics, with more than three decades of classroom experience beginning in 1991. She is the Director of ReimaginedSchools and co‑developer of the Learning Progression Model (LPM), a research‑backed, strengths‑based assessment framework that de‑emphasizes traditional grades in favor of descriptive feedback and developmental pathways for student growth.

Naramore is the co‑author of Going Gradeless: Shifting the Focus to Student Learning (Corwin, 2021), written with David Frangiosa, which outlines an alternative approach to grading and assessment in secondary classrooms. She is also the author of The Learning Progression Model: Transforming Assessment to Support Student Success (2024), further detailing how LPM can support student learning across content areas and course levels.