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Will someone please give my a quick PM Benchmarking for dummies? I am the 5th and 6th grade dyslexia interventionist. I have never taught outside of 5th and 6th grade other than to teach my own children. Our district feeds from 4 elementary campus' to one Intermediate School 5th and 6th and then on to a Middle School 7th and 8th before High School.

The elementary schools monitor their students with PM benchmarking. Since I am not familiar with PM benchmarking, the numbers I get from the 4th grade don't mean a whole lot to me. I am required to do QRi-5 and Bader with a fluency rate from the Bader. I have the impression that the PM numbers may or may not be accurate of how the student's perform. I am going to have to serve 33 5th graders in three groups and 15 6th graders in two groups. The students will be placed in a class in the next week. It's hard to make changes when we get back in August. The whole situation is less than ideal. I don't know anything about the 33 upcoming...See More
Susan Are you referring to the Rigby PM Benchmark Assessments? If so, these are extremely unscientific and do not provide an accurate assessment of students' reading levels. If you're simply looking for a quick ballpark level it's fine. The test is very subjective, especially on the comprehension section. What one teacher would not accept as a correct an...See More
Jun 3, 2012


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