A good screening tool will determine which children are proficient in specific foundational skills and, therefore, likely to meet end of year literacy benchmarks. (fastbridge.org)
For example, STEP reading assessments revealed that just 19 percent of students entering in the fall hit literacy benchmarks. (jerseycan.org)
Thousands of young Buffalo Public Schools students fell further behind in key literacy benchmarks as they progressed through the district's early grades, according to a study from 2006 to 2011 ordered by a former superintendent. (nystateofpolitics.com)