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Resources related to the concept of academic rigor.
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A 4:30 minute video prepared by the New York Department of Education explains DOK in relation to Common Core and uses the Gettysburg Address to model DOK levels for assignments.
This article from Ed Week shares how librarians are supporting teachers to “acquire inquiry-based skills integral to standards.” It also looks at the impact of Common Core on libraries: “Paige Jaeger, who oversees 84 school libraries in the Saratoga Springs, N.Y., area, counted more than 700 ‘power verbs’ in the standards, such as ‘analyze,’ ‘integrate,’ and ‘formulate,’ that press students toward more rigor and inquiry-based learning. That has implications both for a library's collection of resources and for the way teachers teach…”
ASCD offers this interview with Robyn Jackson in which she discusses academic rigor and the differences between “destructive” struggle and “productive” struggle.
Article by Barbara Blackburn about the danger of expecting CCSS to automatically instil rigor into instruction.
Comparison of level of rigor of state assessments to national assessments. (Scroll over the state to get a pop-up box of data.)
Resource from the Kentucky Department of Education with list of statements that describe characteristics of highly effective teaching and learning for teachers and students; includes learning climate, classroom assessment and reflection, instructional rigor and student engagement, instructional relevance, and knowledge of content.
Information about DOK; includes 3 minute video of Karen Hess explaining Webb's DOK.
Joe Bower shares an opinion that "rigor" should be changed to "vigor."
Self-Assessment Tool: A Coherent Approach to High School Improvement enables you to (a) identify the strengths and weaknesses of your current high school reform efforts and (b) align and build on these current and planned reform initiatives to develop a comprehensive high school improvement plan that will result in rigorous and high-quality teaching and learning for all students. This tool is based on the National High School Center’s Eight Elements of High School Improvement, a systemic framework that builds on comprehensive high school reform research and A Coherent Approach to High School Improvement: A District and School Self-Assessment Tool.
More than a diagnostic tool, this self-assessment is a starting point for identifying high school improvement priorities.
Tips from a school in transition to using project-based learning.
Article that points out that "students often confuse the level of effort with the quality of work."
Presentation by Kevin Honeycutt, the guy who made the YouTube video, "I Need My Teachers to Know." Lots of good data here.
Blog by Joe Bower that proposes "vigor" might better describe what we want in schools rather than "rigor."
Hess Cognitive Rigor Matrix integrates Bloom's Taxonomy and Webb's Depth of Knowledge.
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Resources related to the concept of academic rigor.
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