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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I would not cal Benchmark challenging. I think they could do more more on ELA.[/quote]

Benchmark in general is not good, but I'd call it challenging in the sense that the Benchmark "books" I've seen often exceed the average reading level in that grade, especially compared to the decodables that get sent home.  Maybe out of step is a better term.  RGR has been great for my kid but this is a problem with piecing a curriculum together rather than using one with a solid phonics component already built in.[/quote]

I think the only good thing about benchmark is it includes a unit test at the end where student practice SAT/SAT2/AP type of questions of inference, summarizing, identifying etc multiple choices questions.  These testing skill were not emphasized pre common core 2.0 where teachers used leveled books/paper worksheets for most of the ELA teaching. But I do find it annoying that everyone regardless reading level is reading the same booklet, where you see the below are struggling and the above are bored and only maybe 25% are actually on level. And the curriculum is really time demanding so there is no time for helps or enrichment.[/quote]

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