Copyright©byTheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.Allrightsreserved.Thecontents,orpartsthereof,maybereproducedinprintformfornon-profiteducationalusewithMcGraw-HillReadingWondersprovidedsuchreproductionsbearcopyrightnotice,butmaynotbereproducedinanyformforanyotherpurposewithoutthepriorwrittenconsentofTheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.,including,butnotlimitedto,networkstorageortransmission,orbroadcastfordistancelearning.Sendallinquiriesto:McGraw-HillEducationTwoPennPlazaNewYork,NewYork10121PrintedintheUnitedStatesofAmerica23456789DOD171615141312Bwww.mheonline.com/readingwondersCopyright©TheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.TableofContentsTeacherIntroductionivBenchmarkTest1Assessment1AnswerKey28BenchmarkTest2Assessment31AnswerKey60Copyright©TheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.BenchmarkAssessmentBenchmarkAssessmentisanintegralpartofthecompleteassessmentprogramalignedwithMcGraw-HillReadingWondersandtheCommonCoreStateStandards(CCSS).PurposeofBenchmarkAssessmentBenchmarkAssessmentisdesignedtomeasurehowwellyourchildrenacquirethereadingandlanguageartsknowledgeandskillsassessedonstandardizedtests.TheresultsofBenchmarkAssessmentserveasasummativeassessmentbyprovidingawaytomeasurechildren’sprogressthroughtheCCSS-alignedcurriculum.Theresultsoftheassessmentscanbeusedtoinformsubsequentinstruction,aidinmakinglevelingandgroupingdecisions,andpointtowardareasinneedofreteachingorremediation.FocusofBenchmarkAssessmentBenchmarkAssessmentfocusesonkeyareasofEnglishLanguageArtsasidentifiedbytheCCSS—comprehensionofliteratureandinformationaltext,vocabularyacquisitionanduse,phonicsandwordrecognition,commandoftheconventionsoftheEnglishlanguage,andwritingwithintheparametersofspecifictexttypes.AdministeringBenchmarkAssessmentAdministerTest1mid-year,afterinstructionforUnits1-3hasbeencompleted.AdministerTest2attheendoftheyear.Makecopiesofthebenchmarkassessmentfortheclass.YouwillneedonecopyoftheAnswerKeypagethatfeaturesthescoringtableforeachchildtakingtheassessment.Thistableprovidesaplacetolistchildren’sscores.Thedatafromea...
