Our districtwide focus on Claims, Evidence, and Reasoning (CER) equips students to analyze, explain, and apply what they learn — skills essential for success in college, career, and life.
Claims, Evidence, and Reasoning (CER) is a simple but powerful way for students to demonstrate understanding:
A claim is your main point or conclusion — what you believe or what you found.
Evidence is the data, details, or examples that support your claim.
Reasoning connects your evidence to your claim and shows why it makes sense.
CER helps students:
• 🧠 Think critically and analyze information before forming conclusions.
• ✍️ Write and speak with clarity, backing up ideas with evidence.
• 💬 Collaborate and listen, learning from diverse perspectives.
• 🌎 Apply learning to real-world problems and current issues.
When every classroom uses CER, students develop confidence in their voice and the ability to explain their thinking — a skill that lasts a lifetime.
Students conduct experiments and explain results through data-driven reasoning.
Writers support claims with textual evidence and analysis.
Learners justify solutions and explain their process to peers.
Students evaluate multiple sources to build well-reasoned arguments.
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is expanding opportunities to make thinking visible. Teachers and students are using AI tools to:
AI doesn’t replace reasoning — it strengthens it. Our goal is to ensure students use technology thoughtfully, responsibly, and creatively as part of the learning process.