Rigor Made Easy: Getting Started [Hardcover]

Bestselling author and noted rigor expert Barbara Blackburn shares the secrets to getting started, maintaining momentum, and reaching your goals. Learn what rigor looks like in the classroom, understand what it means for your students, and get the keys to successful implementation. Learn how to use rigor to raise expectations, provide appropriate support, and meet the Common Core State Standards - whether or not rigor is mandated in your district! This book is filled with practical, use-the-next-day strategies for all grade levels and subject areas. Use the ideas to raise the level of learning for all of your students!

Also Available! Correlation Table linking topics in Rigor Made Easy to the Common Core!

Rigor Made Easy is full of specific ideas that teachers can easily implement in their classrooms to increase rigor.
Eric Williams, Superintendent, York County School Division, Yorktown, VA

Chapter 1 Understanding Rigor; Chapter 2 Raise the Level of Content; Chapter 3 Increase Complexity; Chapter 4 Give Appropriate Support and Guidance; Chapter 5 Open Your Focus; Chapter 6 Raise Expectations; Chapter 7 Challenges and Adventures;Dr. Barbara Blackburn has dedicated her life to raising the level of rigor and motivation for professional educators and students alike. What differentiates Barbaras 12 books are her easily executable, concrete examples based on decades of experience as a teacher, professor, and consultant. Barbaras dedication to education was inspired in her early years by her parents, Bob and Rose. Her fathers doctorate and lifetime career as a professor taught her the importance of professional training. Her mothers career as a school secretary shaped Barbaras appreciation of the effort all staff play lƒn