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What is a Benchmark Assessment?

Posted Tuesday, July 01, 2008 by Anne-Evan Williams
Filed under: Reading Terminology, Assessment FAQs,

What is a Benchmark Assessment?

This term refers to a gauge of advancement, such as pre-testing at the beginning of a class/school yera and post-testing at the end. Or it can be one-time testing that provides comparison to state standards thus showing a "benchmark" of student abilities. 

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