What is the difference between benchmarking and progress monitoring?
Benchmarking occurs three times a year and is completed for ALL students. It provides information about which children fall within the at-risk range (i.e., by comparing the student’s performance to everyone in his/her classroom). Progress monitoring, on the other hand, is administered to those students who fall within the at-risk range and who receives an intervention or special education. Progress monitoring occurs more frequently (one time a week to once a month), and helps determine whether interventions are working by comparing their individual progress.
