Connecting the CBE Design Principles with a Defensible Body of Evidence
[Originally published by the Aurora Institute CompetencyWorks Blog 10/10/23] Fully embracing the seven design principles of...
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karinhessvt
- Nov 20
- 1 min
How to Be Strategic with Scaffolding Strategies
[Originally published by MiddleWeb 10/25/23] When you choose a scaffolding strategy, do you first consider the intended learning targets...
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karinhessvt
- Oct 14
- 1 min
A New Framework to IMPACT Building a Defensible Body of Evidence - Part 1
(Originally published in the COMPETENCYWORKS BLOG October 2023) If you were to analyze student work samples in a body of evidence for...
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karinhessvt
- May 29
- 1 min
5 Metacognitive Tools to Reveal Hidden Learning
(Originally published by MiddleWeb May 15, 2023) The words metacognition and reflection are often used interchangeably. Although they’re...
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karinhessvt
- May 1
- 1 min
How to Create Assessments that Drive Learning Using An Actionable Assessment Cycle
(Originally published by ASCD on March 20, 2023.) When I began teaching 3rd grade, my assessments included observing, conferencing,...
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karinhessvt
- Feb 9
- 1 min
Building Deeper Critical and Creative Thinking in Your Classroom
[First published in COMPETENCYWORKS blog February 2023] Deeper learning happens when students become actively immersed in challenging...
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karinhessvt
- Jan 30
- 1 min
6 Key Questions to Build Better Rubrics
For decades, I’ve supported teachers in developing problem-based performance tasks and project-based learning assessments. One thing I’ve...
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karinhessvt
- Oct 1, 2022
- 3 min
The Great American Chocolate Chip Cookie Taste Test
AKA “Is everything in the rubric equally important to assess?” This activity was co-created by Alysa Cummings and Karin Hess while...
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karinhessvt
- Sep 23, 2021
- 1 min
Looking for rigor? Here are 6 places to find it in your classroom.
What does it look and sound like when your students are doing rigorous work and thinking deeply? Over the years, I’ve heard a lot of...
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karinhessvt
- Feb 26, 2021
- 6 min
To scaffold or not to scaffold? The first big misconception about rigor.
[Originally published by Renaissance Learning] Think back to the last really rigorous and complex task that you worked on. Did you...
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karinhessvt
- Nov 25, 2020
- 2 min
A Roadmap for Student Self-Direction: Building Essential Skills for the Future
[Published November 2020 by Students at the Center] Research tells us and both employers and colleges confirm that communication,...
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karinhessvt
- Oct 9, 2020
- 1 min
3 Ingredients for Effective Distance Learning
(Originally posted May 13, 2020) When our governor declared in March that learning would continue while schools are closed, he added that...
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karinhessvt
- Oct 9, 2020
- 4 min
Deepening Student Understanding with Collaborative Discourse
(Originally published by ASCD April 4, 2019.) Most educators agree that asking students to engage deeply with the content they are...
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karinhessvt
- Apr 13, 2014
- 2 min
College & Career Readiness
College and career readiness includes expectations that students demonstrate deep conceptual understanding through the application of...
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karinhessvt
- Apr 10, 2014
- 2 min
About the Learning Progressions Frameworks (LPFs)
Visit Focus Area In 2010, as the Common Core State Standards were simultaneously being developed, Dr. Karin Hess was charged to recruit...
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