John Fricks

🚀 Introducing the Depth of Knowledge (DOK) Analyzer! What if you could instantly know whether your assessment truly measures thinking… or just recall? We’ve all written questions that felt rigorous — longer passages, bigger numbers, more parts — but hard doesn’t always mean deep. That’s where the DOK Analyzer comes in. This new tool evaluates your assessments using Webb’s Depth of Knowledge framework (Levels 1–4) and gives you clear, practical feedback you can use immediately. Here’s what it does: ✔ Classifies each item by DOK level ✔ Flags “false rigor” ✔ Checks alignment to standards ✔ Suggests upgraded versions of lower-level questions ✔ Helps you intentionally balance cognitive demand ✔ Builds reasoning rubrics for DOK 3–4 tasks No more guessing. No more labeling after the fact. No more mistaking difficulty for depth. Whether you're designing a quick quiz, a common assessment, or a major performance task, the DOK Analyzer helps ensure your students are being asked to analyze, justify, apply, and transfer — not just recall. Imagine your PLC conversations shifting from: “Is this hard enough?” to “Does this truly require strategic thinking?” That’s the shift. Depth drives learning. Rigor drives growth. Now you have a tool that makes both visible. Ready to test your next assessment? docs.google.com/presentation…