ARE YOU WONDERING ABOUT RIGOR?
For many educators, it is a negative term that means "harder' or "double the work". Dr. Blackburn's internationally recognized, practical, teacher-friendly concept of instructional rigor includes high expectations, scaffolding for instruction, and demonstration of learning.
Instructional rigor is a key component of effective instruction. Too often we think that our instruction is rigorous but oftentimes is not.
Our assumptions about rigor, as well as our practices, make a differerence in what we expect from our students.