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Standard 7 : Cognitive Rigor Provides students with meaningful opportunities to engage in higher level thinking to solve applied problems using academic skills such as analyzing, synthesizing, and decision making Lines of Evidence The teacher provides evidence of student assignments/projects that show engagement in higher level thinking skills during the learning process. Learning and Teaching Evidence • Evidence of Rigor (e.g., PLC Notes, Lesson Planning Evidence, Cognitive Rigor Rubric) • Student Assignments/Projects All of the following: • One piece of Evidence of Rigor that documents or demonstrates higher level student learning tasks • Samples of two different completed student assignments/projects that reflect higher level learning All of the following: • One piece of Evidence of Rigor that documents or demonstrates higher level student learning tasks • Sample of one completed student assignment/project that reflects higher level learning Emerging Effective/Minimally Effective : • One piece of Evidence of Rigor that documents or demonstrates higher level student learning tasks OR • Sample of one completed student assignment/project that reflects higher level learning Effective: Benchmark Criteria Highly Effective:

Not Effective:

• No evidence documenting higher level student learning

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