Benchmark assessment definition

Benchmark assessment means an assessment given three times each year (beginning of the year, middle of the year, and end of the year) designed to give teachers information to plan appropriate instruction, evaluate the effects of that instruction, and to provide data about the extent to which students are prepared to be successful on the end of year Criterion Referenced Test.

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Benchmark assessment means a department state-approved assessment required for student literacy that diagnoses and regularly measures the acquisition of reading skills, including listening comprehension (very important for ELs), phonemic awareness, letter knowledge, alphabetic decoding, vocabulary, spelling, comprehension and fluency (subject to grade level) to be given a minimum of three times during the academic year. Istation only gives Listening Comprehension (LC) assessments to Kindergarteners. First –Third Graders are not provided with LC assessments, even if

Benchmark assessment means the assessment described in Section 53E-4-307.

Examples of Benchmark assessment in a sentence

The parties agree to use the following Achievement Measures for the purposes of the Local 20 Student Achievement measure for the 2012-2013 school year for the elementary school: Rating LOCAL 20% Highly Effective 80% to 100% of the grade 3, 4 and 5 students assigned to the Principal’s building will meet their targeted growth on the district-developed Spring Mathematics Benchmark assessment.
The parties agree to use the following Achievement Measures for the purposes of the Local 20 Student Achievement measure for the 2012-2013 school year for the middle school: Rating LOCAL 20% Highly Effective 80% to 100% of the grade 6, 7 and 8 students assigned to the Principal’s building will meet their targeted growth on the district-developed Spring Social Studies Benchmark assessment.
Effective 65% to 79% of the grade 3, 4 and 5 students assigned to the Principal’s building will meet their targeted growth on the district-developed Spring Mathematics Benchmark assessment.
Benchmark assessment windows will be shared with staff by September 1st each year.
Ineffective 0% to 54% of the grade 6, 7 and 8 students assigned to the Principal’s building will meet their targeted growth on the district-developed Spring Social Studies Benchmark assessment.
Developing 55% to 64% of the grade 6, 7 and 8 students assigned to the Principal’s building will meet their targeted growth on the district-developed Spring Social Studies Benchmark assessment.
Ineffective 0% to 54% of the grade 3, 4 and 5 students assigned to the Principal’s building will meet their targeted growth on the district-developed Spring Mathematics Benchmark assessment.
Developing 55% to 64% of the grade 3, 4 and 5 students assigned to the Principal’s building will meet their targeted growth on the district-developed Spring Mathematics Benchmark assessment.
Effective 65% to 79% of the grade 6, 7 and 8 students assigned to the Principal’s building will meet their targeted growth on the district-developed Spring Social Studies Benchmark assessment.

More Definitions of Benchmark assessment

Benchmark assessment means an assessment that:

Benchmark assessment means a department-approved assessment for student literacy that diagnoses and regularly measures the acquisition of reading skills, including phonemic awareness, letter knowledge, alphabetic decoding, vocabulary, spelling, comprehension and fluency to be given a minimum of three times during the academic year.

Benchmark assessment has the meaning given in Clause 16.4 (Benchmarking – Working Capital Facilities); "Best Practicable Environmental Option (BPEO)" means a set of procedures adopted with the goal of managing waste and other environmental concerns which emphasise the protection and conservation of the environment across land, air and water. The BPEO procedure establishes for a given set of objectives, the option that provides the most benefits or the least damage to the environment, as a whole, at acceptable cost, in the long term as well as in the short term;

Benchmark assessment means the same as that term is defined in Section 53F-2-513.

Benchmark assessment means the assessment described in Sections 53E-4-307 and 53E-4-307.5.

Benchmark assessment has the meaning given in Clause 16.4 (Benchmarking – Working Capital Facilities);