Score Updates

Reading Benchmark scores are in.  Students scores have gotten much better since the first benchmark test.  In fact, only 4% passed the first test compared to the 53.5% passed on the second test.  A significant improvement.  Test shows students are struggling in several areas.  In the nonfiction passages, students need help formulating questions that might be answered, drawing conclusions, summarize, and cause and effect.  In the fiction passages, author's purpose, sensory words, and context clues need to be improved.

Far as IStation reports are concerned, students movement from Tier 3 to Tier 2 has increased between January and February. 
  Class    Tier 1                         Tier 2               Tier 3
B           29% (no change)       21% to 36%       50% to 36%
T            20% to 27%            20% to 27%       60% to 47%
S             13% to 25%           44% to 38%        44% to 38%

So at least students are making some improvements using this program.  This program was started in late November.  I did not include Dec scores because students scores were set back in January due to the two week break.