Dr. Karin Hess

Featured Archives, Announcements, & Karin's Calendar

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Karin has authored/co-authored dozens of articles and books, facilitated development of New Hampshire's Model Competencies, and worked with the JFF and New Hampshire Learning Initiative to develop the New Hampshire BEST Toolkits (see below). Read book overviews on Amazon and see featured excerpts posted below.

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Read excerpts from Karin's new book, Rigor by Design, Not Chance: Deeper Thinking Through Actionable Instruction & Assessment and ENDORSEMENTS from Barbara Blackburn, David Sousa, Ron Berger, and Eliot Levine 

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Featured Assessment Strategies

• BEST Toolkit Resources

  • BEST K-12 Self-Direction Rubrics Use to guide self-assessment and conferencing activities

  • BEST K-12 Collaboration Rubrics Use to guide peer-assessment, self-assessment, and conferencing activities

  • BEST K-12 Creativity Rubrics Use to assess Applying Creative Thinking & Developing Creative Products

• April 2020 - Assessment Strategies for Student Self-Monitoring (Chapter 4 excerpt, Deeper Competency-Based Learning)

• March 2019 (article/webinar) - Rethinking formative assessment: Use learning progressions to fuel student success

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Featured Kid Tools

• October 2022 Kid Friendly "What I Need to Do" Rubric (Annotated example for Analysis of Media Rubric)

• July 2021 - Kid Tool: Self-Assessing Goal Setting (Chapter 4 Excerpt, Deeper Competency-Based Learning)

• March 2021 - Hess Cognitive Rigor Task Cards - 6 Ways to Uncover Thinking and Deepen Understanding (excerpt from Rigor by Design, Not Chance)

• April 2019 - Published in ASCD Express: Deepening Student Understanding with Collaborative Discourse 

• 2015, updated 20222 - Applying the Hess Chocolate Chip Cookie Mindset to Rubric Design

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Featured Instructional Strategies

• BEST for the Future Toolkits & Resources - (2020-2022) Research-based instructional and assessment tools, videos, and student self-assessment tools

• August 2021 - Unpacking Depth and Higher Order Verbs (Excerpt from A Local Assessment Toolkit to Promote Deeper Learning)

• Samples lessons by DOK using the Rigor by Design Planning Template: (excerpt from Rigor by Design, Not Chance) 

  • ​High School Social Studies

  • Elementary Mathematics