Dr. Karin Hess

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NEW! 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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Karin has authored/co-authored dozens of articles and books, facilitated development of New Hampshire's Model Competencies, and worked with the jobs for the Future/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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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

  • BEST K-12 Communication Rubrics Use across content areas for consistently setting & assessing expectations

• 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

Featured Kid Tools

• Reposted 2023 Introducing Math Problem Solving - An open-ended Protocol 

• 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

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