So, you've administered
midyear benchmark assessments ahead of spring high - stakes testing.
Like any assessment,
midyear benchmarks are only as valuable as the strategies you employ using that data.
With these strategies,
midyear benchmarks can become an engine for growth, engagement, and partnership that ensure a successful push toward high - stakes testing and the end of the school year.
Reach out to parents with data from
your midyear benchmarks, explain their student's growth and the plan moving forward, and provide them with ideas on how they can help.
Midyear benchmarks are intended to help you make adjustments to instruction — whether in curriculum, grouping, or time allotted for certain skills.
Not exact matches
The
benchmark 10 - year Treasury yield ended 2017 around 2.41 percent, though yields fell around
midyear, touching a low of 2.06 percent in September before recovering to current levels.
The new law restricting
benchmark exams had not affected district policy, Cruz said, because the district already required only two
midyear full - length tests.