Our real-world tasks provide both teachers and administrators with a way of assessing students' problem-solving and communication skills. Authentic material engages students and promotes reasoning and communication.
4th grade students discuss Exemplars problem solving.
5th grade reflections on Exemplars rubric and problem solving.
4th graders offer advice on problem solving.
News From Exemplars
Rebranding Symbols of Teaching
NPR’s Studio 360 recently took on the challenge and asked a design group, Hyperakt, to formulate a new set of visuals related to who we are as educators and the universe we inhabit. It is imaginative, playful and thought provoking … just like school should be!
Math to the Third Power (Making Math Meaningful!)
Have a student identified as gifted in mathematics? Hmmm, what to do … ? Give more problems? Jump to the next book?
What People Are Saying
The tasks and rubrics that Exemplars has produced over the years are excellent resources for all three levels of the International Baccalaureate Organization (IBO) programs. The tasks exemplify the principals of the type and quality of the teaching and learning that the IBO requires: significant, relevant, and engaging work for students!
Ellen Alquist
IB/PYP Consultant
Using the Exemplars has added strength and depth to our mathematics program. Our primary math curriculum is Investigations in Number, Data, and Space a standards-based program. The two fit nicely together because both require students to explain their reasoning and show their work using numbers, pictures and words...
Vickie Brown
Elementary School Teacher
Socorro Independent School District