CTESS ebook

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

CSD MTSS Framework Connections

High Quality Teaching and Learning

Instructional Design o Instructional Priorities o Teacher Clarity o

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Intentional Planning

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Explicit Instruction

Scaffolding

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Opportunities to Respond

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Corresponding 2024 State Standards/Elements

3.1 Using appropriate academic language and evidence-based strategies to stimulate higher-level thinking, discourse, and problem solving and to scaffold learning experiences to meet the needs of all students. 4.4 Cultivating a classroom culture that encourages rigorous learning, perseverance, and promotes critical thinking.

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