Learn how to increase instructional rigor so that all students can reach higher levels of learning. In this new edition of a bestseller, authors Barbara R. Blackburn and Melissa Miles offer practical ideas for raising expectations, increasing complexity, giving appropriate support and guidance, creating open-ended choices and projects, and much more. This timely new edition features new strategies for teaching questioning and inquiry, helping students use evidence and see open-ended perspectives, and increasing student agency, as well as ideas for implementing more effective assessments and incorporating rigor with technology.

Appropriate for teachers of all grade levels and subject areas, the book is filled with helpful tips and tools that you can implement immediately. In addition, full-sized templates are available as support material on our website so you can download and print them for classroom use.

With its practical advice and helpful tools, Rigor Is NOT a Four-Letter Word will set you and your students on the fast track to higher learning and sustained success.