Benchmark assessments are important in order for educators to have a knowledge
of where their students are in terms of total mastery throughout the school
year. Typically a pre-assessment is given at the beginning of the year, and a
post-assessment is given a few weeks before the high-stakes assessment.
STI’s Benchmark Assessments are:
Designed to correlate with standards for graduation exams, end-of-course exams,
or standardized assessments
Parallel to each other and indicative of the types of questions found on
high-stakes assessments