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A brief history of the Hess Cognitive Rigor Matrix

Today various educational and testing organizations in the US and other countries now use the Hess Cognitive Rigor Matrix in training materials for their professional development and curriculum work. So...

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In 2010, as the Common Core State Standards were simultaneously being developed, I was charged to recruit researchers, content experts, and master teachers from both general and special education from across the US to review research about how learning...

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Why take formative assessment seriously?

• There is ample evidence that the changes involved in teacher practices will raise the scores of students on normal conventional tests.

• The changes have been shown to be feasible for teachers to implement...