Dr. Karin Hess

Ask ten different teachers what rigor looks like in their classrooms; you’ll likely hear ten different answers. Responses typically...

[Originally published by Renaissance Learning] Think back to the last really rigorous and complex task that you worked on. Did you...

[Published November 2020 by Students at the Center] Research tells us and both employers and colleges confirm that communication,...

(Originally posted May 13, 2020) When our governor declared in March that learning would continue while schools are closed, he added that...

(Originally posted April 4, 2019.) Most educators can agree that asking students to engage deeply with the content they are learning is...

College and career readiness includes expectations that students demonstrate deep conceptual understanding through the application of...

Visit Focus Area In 2010, as the Common Core State Standards were simultaneously being developed, Dr. Karin Hess was charged to recruit...