High-Stakes Investigation

Mrs. Cross displaying an Investigative Mission presentation on the whiteboard for her students in the classroom

Quentin STEM Academy’s Ms. Cross turned the challenge of finding textual evidence into a high-stakes investigation. Instead of a standard worksheet, students were tasked with completing a case file for their latest reading. They didn’t just find quotes; they gathered clues. They didn’t just write paragraphs—they built evidence-based reasoning to prove their answers.