Sentences with phrase «giving benchmark grades»

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The assessment itself was first given in 1969, but the underlying political compromises meant that (a) students were tested by age, not grade level; (b) results were reported either as percentages of test takers getting individual questions right or (starting in 1984) on a psychometric scale that included no benchmarks, standards, or «cut points»; and (c) the «units of analysis» were the entire country and four big regions but not individual states, let alone districts or schools.

Every student, 9 - 10th grade, must achieve 90 % on benchmark assessments before receiving an «M» for mastery and credit is given for the course.

It gave us the opportunity to look at the assessment criteria before it was released and set a benchmark for the new grading system.