Books by Karin J. Hess

The roadmap for your school¿s CBE journey!  Employ the WHAT (deeper academic and personalized learning), the WHY (equity), and the HOW (learner-centered approaches) of Competency-Based Education, maximizing the time, place, and pace of student learning. Make the shift to CBE using best practices from the authors¿ CBE implementation experiences across states, districts, and schools. Build the foundation with organizational shifts - policy, leadership, culture, and professional learning Shift teaching-learning structures¿rigorous learning, performance assessment, and evidence-based grading and reporting Dive into student-centered classrooms¿personalized instruction and shifting mindsets for teacher-student roles, responsibilities, and classroom culture

For years, educators have turned to the Hess Cognitive Rigor Matrices (CRM) when it comes to assessment. Now for the first time, the modules are packaged into one resource to help teachers evaluate the quality and premise of their current assessment system.