Can I readminister benchmark tests to my students?

The easyCBM system is set-up to only give a test once. You will not be able to go back to a previous season and readminister benchmark tests The seasonal testing is already meant to compare growth from the three testing periods.

With benchmark testing, the date range setting makes retesting impossible. Tests are active for only a given period of time and must include the current date. Also, one testing season cannot supersede another as both the percentile lines and data points on the graph are dependent on dates moving forward in time.

Our benchmark tests are just screeners to help determine if a student is performing at the 50th percentile for their grade level. If they are, no further testing is needed until the next seasonal testing period. If they are not, progress monitoring measures should be employed.

Benchmarks do not tell you what grade a student is performing at, just if a student is at grade level or not. If they are not performing on-grade, then progress monitoring measures should be employed along with guided instruction, to help students move up to their grade level in school. All of the progress monitoring tests, in a given skill set, are of equal difficulty so you have the opportunity to compare tests without the need to re-administer a test.

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