With BES, assessments are auto-assigned, professionally scored by trained evaluators, and paired with clear, timely data reports.
Teachers will:
Plan the assessment date within the school/district's pre-determined window.
Remind students that their work will be assessed by an outside evaluator and they should do their best in order to get the best feedback possible for improving their writing. We have assembled best practices and a script for benchmark administration here.
Be sure classes are set up prior to the beginning of the school’s benchmark window. See how to set up class rosters here!
Benchmark assessments will be automatically assigned to students when the building’s testing window opens. While teachers DO NOT assign the benchmark to students, as it is auto-assigned and will appear in students’ assignments, they do need to be prepared to unlock the benchmark for students on assessment day.
The benchmark assessment may appear on the student’s assignments dashboard before the selected assessment day.
Within the Assessments tab on the ThinkCERCA platform, teachers can unlock the assessment on test day to administer the benchmark in class.Teachers may lock and unlock as needed until the student submits their work.
Ensure students are comfortable logging into ThinkCERCA
Be aware students may see their benchmark assessment results in the platform prior to the close of the scoring window. Please allow 24 to 72 hours for official scores to process after the scoring window closes.
