Open Response Questions

Individually we are one drop.  Together we are an ocean.

Ryunokuke Satoro

Open Response questions need to be 'deep thinking' types of questions that force students to both demonstrate & apply content knowledge in some way.  Our 'target' range should always be in the GREEN area of the chart below. This is not to say we ignore the other areas.  There is value here, however, the remaining three areas of the chart could/would potentially be revealed as we are probing the Level 3/4 questions (or used as 'lead-ins' to the 'bigger' questions).  

The real strength comes when we all 'move as one'  school in terms of being focused on all asking the 'deep thinking' types of questions regardless of grade level.  We know that this process is very complicated, in that, it requires precision planning & teaching of skills over time (i.e. grade by grade).  This 'pooling of drops' as an entire school is key to 'building the ocean' of success.  

Q-Chart to guide forming 'deep thinking' Open Response questions