Why is benchmark assessment a valuable use of time?
You can: • Determine your students’ independent and instructional reading levels. • Determine reading placement levels and group students for reading instruction. • Select texts that will be productive for student’s instruction. • Assess the outcomes of teaching. • Assess a new student’s reading level for independent reading and instruction. • Identify students who need intervention. • Document student progress across a school year and across grade levels. • Inform parent conferences.
