President, EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH IN ACTION, Underhill, VT
Providing educators with research-based models for effective instruction and assessment, moving students towards greater engagement and deeper learning.
Free Resources
All Videos
All Videos
Karin Hess linking rigor and research
Cognitive Labs: Using Observations and Feedback to Refine the Task- Part 4
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
Hess 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, now posted on Karin's YouTube Channel.
SELECTED PRESENTATIONS
Book Study Webinars: Deeper Competency-Based Learning (2020) posted on Karin's YouTube Channel. Contact Karin to access all 6 webinars for self-faciliation.
"Three Skill Sets to Pay Attention to for College and Career Readiness" (2014) PowerPoint, selected slides (Compass Learning Webinar)
"Going Deeper with Mathematics Webinar" (PowerPoint Renaissance Learning Webinar)
"Linking Formative Assessment to Instructional Decisions" (PowerPoint 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