Dr. Karin Hess

​Go to Karin's Calendar to view Karin's schedule or to book a presentation or virtual PD.

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Karin's new book comes in late 2022 by ASCD - see links below for excerpts from Rigor by Design, Not Chance: Actionable Assessment Integrating 5 Essential Teacher Moves

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In 2020, Karin co-authored two books and led development of the BEST "Self-Direction" Toolkit

• Deeper Competency-Based Learning Click here to read book overview.  Click here to download featured excerpts. 

• Fundamentals of Literacy Instruction & Assessment, K-6. Click here to read more...

• BEST Self-Direction Toolkit - links to videos and self-assessment tools, including K-12 Self-Direction Rubrics by grade span - use Self-Awareness and Monitoring & Adapting criteria to guide self-assessment and conferencing activities

• BEST Collaboration Toolkit with research-based K-12 Collaboration Rubrics - use Self-Awareness and Monitoring & Adapting criteria to guide peer-assessment, self-assessment, and conferencing activities

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Featured Assessment Strategies

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

• 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

• February 2022 - Short & Sweet Poetry - Kid Tool: The Important Things about... (excerpt from Image and Write Poetry)

• May 2021 - Kid Tool: Student-Designed Planning, Tasks, and Evidence of Learning (excerpt from Rigor by Design, Not Chance)

• 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 

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Featured Instructional Strategies

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

• March/April 2021 - Lesson & Unit Planning Template by DOK Levels & Teacher - Student Roles (excerpt from Rigor by Design, Not Chance)

• Samples lessons by DOK using the Rigor by Design Planning Template: High School Social Studies