Overview

Many districts and schools give some type of benchmark or interim assessment at several points during the year to assess student knowledge and mastery of standards. Benchmark assessments change throughout the year along with the curriculum making this metric especially useful for classroom educators in assessing past instruction as well as planning for future instruction.

As benchmark assessments are often tied to the state standards, monitoring benchmark scores is a means to measure a student’s mastery of the state standards. Regardless of whether the assessments are formative (given before the content is taught) or summative (administered after the content is taught), benchmark test results will inform the practice of all educators and allow them to make corrections to address specific needs of students.

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