Wednesday, November 30, 2011

Practical Benchmarking


Some tips for making the benchmarking more practical:

– With students previously reading at levels A-K, start benchmarking at two levels higher.

– With students previously reading at levels L-M, start benchmarking at one level higher.


– If possible, try to find the student’s Hard level and the Instructional level right below it.


– Assess one child each day

     – When you send guided reading groups back, keep one student behind to assess
     – Conduct a benchmark assessment first thing in the morning when kids are marking lunch, attendance, morning work

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