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Karin Hess linking rigor and research
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Cognitive Labs: Using Observations and Feedback to Refine the Task- Part 4
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Karin Hess on Student Work Analysis
THE HESS COGNITIVE RIGOR MATRICES (Hess CRMs)
Integrating DOK and Bloom
Core Subjects
Tool 1 - Reading & Listening CRM
Tool 3 - Written & Oral Communication CRM
Tool 4 - Social Studies & Humanities CRM
Special Subjects - Updated
Tool 5B - Health & Physical Education CRM
Tool 5 C - World Language/ELL CRM
Tool 5 D - Career & Technical Education (CTE) CRM
Versions with new numbering 1-8 also available for downloading
Download Spanish Versions of the 8 Hess CRMs
FEATURED VIDEOS based on Karin's books. Additional videos are posted on Karin's YouTube Channel.
SELECTED PRESENTATIONS
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"Three Skill Sets to Pay Attention to for College and Career Readiness" - PowerPoint, selected slides (Compass Learning Webinar)
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"Going Deeper with Mathematics Webinar" (Renaissance Learning Webinar)
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"Linking Formative Assessment to Instructional Decisions" (RILS, 2006)
SELECTED WHITE PAPERS & ARTICLES
DOK - "Fewer, clearer, and higher standards..." (2009)
DOK & Questioning - A Tool for Rethinking Questioning" (NCTM article, 2014)
Text Complexity Tools - A Local Assessment Toolkit, Module 2 (excerpt, 2013, updated 2018)
Text Complexity Tool #6: Analyzing Qualitative Features & Instructional Planning
Text Complexity Tools #7 and #8: Text Complexity Rubrics for Informational and Literary Texts
College & Career Readiness - Hess and Gong's Career and College Ready Report for the Nellie Mae Education Foundation" (2014)
College & Career Readiness - "Three Important CCR Skillsets: Supporting Deeper Learning" (www.mentoringminds.com, 2015)
CBE Assessment - "Assessment to Support Competency-Based Pathways" (2015)
Watch Norman Webb discuss his D-O-K Framework