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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I personally wouldn't be too concerned about the occasional C on Benchmark, when MAP-R is the more accurate measure. Like a PP said, Benchmark's questionable assessments are why many top MAP performers weren't given that GT designation. [/quote]

My DC was one of those who didn’t get the GT designation due to benchmark assessment. He is to be rescreened. But might still not get the GT designation again due to random C’s on benchmark assessment again this year. Plus its not great for self esteem either. [/quote]

I'm a SDT in the county and our school has teams give the weekly and unit assessments as they choose. Very few give grades for them though.  If the primary teams do give the assessments for a grade, they need to be mindful that the foundational skills grades from the assessments should not be used for a grade as those skills are taught in a different sequence through Really Great Reading.  [/quote]

I am not sure what that means[/quote]

They’re saying that it’s not appropriate to use Benchmark assessments for grading.[/quote]

It's absolutely appropriate to use Benchmark assessments for grading. Actually super surprised to hear some schools aren't. In my last Benchmark training, we were in multiple break out rooms, different people every time...we all asked each other what we used for grading and pretty much everyone stated the assessments first thing. The assessments are difficult but they are assessing the students on what they learned that week/unit...I'd say the majority of students at our school get Bs. [/quote]

They make the CES students take them, too, and they don’t even learn those units or have any exposure to that curriculum. I don’t know why and I didn’t think using those grades was exactly fair. [/quote]

Not accurate. CES students take the required interims only and they have been taught the material, just in different ways. Most students in CES are capable of synthesizing the information they have learned in CES and what Benchmark students are learning well and score high. Assessments are only fair if they are a valid representation of what is taught. CES students are taught these skills. [/quote]

Same for ELC - they are not taking the weekly assessments [/quote]

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