Pearson Benchmark for Pearson Benchmark for TeachersTeachers

……or how do I login and just or how do I login and just USE this thing?USE this thing?

Goals:Goals:

LoginLogin Select class Select class Select tests or standards to viewSelect tests or standards to view Reports that workReports that work Creating your own reportsCreating your own reports

LoginLogin https://https://

www.pearsonbenchmark.com/authoring/login/login.jspwww.pearsonbenchmark.com/authoring/login/login.jsp

Your Benchmark username is yourYour Benchmark username is your

full first name a period your full last namefull first name a period your full last name

all in one word and all lower case.all in one word and all lower case.

Your Your benchmarkpasswordbenchmarkpassword is also lowercase. is also lowercase.

The first time you get online you must The first time you get online you must go to go to

and change your passwordand change your password. .

The information you will be seeing on The information you will be seeing on this site is sensitive and is meant for this site is sensitive and is meant for you and your students’ parents only. you and your students’ parents only. Make it hard to guess. Use numbers Make it hard to guess. Use numbers and letters in the new password.and letters in the new password.

SELECTING YOUR CLASSSELECTING YOUR CLASSYour login allows you access to ONLY your classes and Your login allows you access to ONLY your classes and

makes operation of the site much simpler for you. If makes operation of the site much simpler for you. If you do not select your students by class, all of them will you do not select your students by class, all of them will be available. This is not a problem for elementary be available. This is not a problem for elementary teachers, but secondary teachers may want to select teachers, but secondary teachers may want to select their classes to view.their classes to view.

As students will use Benchmark to test online in the As students will use Benchmark to test online in the future, their passwords can also be accessed and future, their passwords can also be accessed and changed from this option.changed from this option.

Select Benchmark Test Results:

Select: School YeaSelect: School Yearr you wish—only the current year you wish—only the current year will be available in the beginning.will be available in the beginning.

Show Only My StudentsShow Only My Students is selected for you, to is selected for you, to prevent you from seeing the information for kids prevent you from seeing the information for kids who are not in your classes. It cannot be who are not in your classes. It cannot be unchecked.unchecked.

Student GroupStudent Group. This is the larger group to which . This is the larger group to which your class belonged when it was tested.your class belonged when it was tested.

Select the appropriate groupSelect the appropriate group

AssessmentsAssessments taken by the group you selected will taken by the group you selected will appear: appear: If more than one assessment has been taken, a If more than one assessment has been taken, a

dropdown arrow will indicate there are more than dropdown arrow will indicate there are more than one. Select the test you wish to view.one. Select the test you wish to view.

Click GOClick GO

Tabs can be selected to show data sorted by TEST (Shown here)Tabs can be selected to show data sorted by TEST (Shown here)

or By STANDARDor By STANDARD

Summary

Clicking here gets:

Clicking here gets list of students taking test

Clicking here gets list of standards tested:

Another way to get to reports is under the reports menu.Another way to get to reports is under the reports menu.

Create Reports to get specific detail on groups of students.Create Reports to get specific detail on groups of students.(Click Create reports)(Click Create reports)

Reports:Reports:

Class MasteryClass Mastery Report gives you a list of each Report gives you a list of each student along with their score for the standards you student along with their score for the standards you tested. It should be most useful to you for a quick tested. It should be most useful to you for a quick look or for look or for creating instructional groups.creating instructional groups.

Item Response AnalysisItem Response Analysis Report gives you a list of Report gives you a list of each student and their actual responses on the test each student and their actual responses on the test you are researching. Useful in helping you you are researching. Useful in helping you track the track the effectiveness of your teachingeffectiveness of your teaching..

Individual Student Mastery ReportIndividual Student Mastery Report prints a page prints a page per student with the students mastery score for each per student with the students mastery score for each standard. This will be useful for standard. This will be useful for conferencesconferences or or marking report cardsmarking report cards. .

Mastery By StandardMastery By Standard Report gives you a page for Report gives you a page for each standard and the students scores for that each standard and the students scores for that standard. Students are grouped by “Mastery standard. Students are grouped by “Mastery Achieved” and “Mastery Not Achieved.” This may Achieved” and “Mastery Not Achieved.” This may also be useful for also be useful for creating instructional or creating instructional or intervention groupsintervention groups. .

Click NEXT on each screen

My Completed ReportsMy Completed Reports

Once you have run a report it will be saved for your retrieval Once you have run a report it will be saved for your retrieval at any time. at any time.

My Completed ReportsMy Completed Reports

All teachers have their own reports sections. All teachers have their own reports sections.

Each report you run ends up getting saved here and will stay Each report you run ends up getting saved here and will stay until you delete it. until you delete it.

A report you run this year will not work on next year’s A report you run this year will not work on next year’s students, so it is important that you maintain this section. students, so it is important that you maintain this section.

(To delete a report, click in the box to the left of the title and (To delete a report, click in the box to the left of the title and then click the Delete Button.)then click the Delete Button.)

The report is in .pdf file format. When you view it in your The report is in .pdf file format. When you view it in your Adobe Reader, you may save it anywhere you like for Adobe Reader, you may save it anywhere you like for printing at a later date.printing at a later date.

The beginning…The beginning…of easier access to student of easier access to student

data…data…

Questions may be directed to the tech Questions may be directed to the tech office via email to office via email to jphipps@clarenceville.k12.mi.usjphipps@clarenceville.k12.mi.us

Or via phone at extension 240Or via phone at extension 240