Pearson Benchmark for Teachers …or how do I login and just USE this thing?

Goals: Login Login Select class Select class Select tests or standards to view Select tests or standards to view Reports that work Reports that work Creating your own reports Creating your own reports

Login Your Benchmark username is your Your Benchmark username is your full first name a period your full last name full first name a period your full last name all in one word and all lower case. Your benchmarkpassword is also lowercase. Your benchmarkpassword is also lowercase.

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

SELECTING YOUR CLASS Your login allows you access to ONLY your classes and makes operation of the site much simpler for you. If you do not select your students by class, all of them will be available. This is not a problem for elementary teachers, but secondary teachers may want to select their classes to view. As students will use Benchmark to test online in the future, their passwords can also be accessed and changed from this option.

Select Benchmark Test Results:

Select: School Year you wish—only the current year will be available in the beginning. Show Only My Students is selected for you, to prevent you from seeing the information for kids who are not in your classes. It cannot be unchecked. Student Group. This is the larger group to which your class belonged when it was tested. Select the appropriate group Select the appropriate group Assessments taken by the group you selected will appear: If more than one assessment has been taken, a dropdown arrow will indicate there are more than one. Select the test you wish to view.

Click GO Tabs can be selected to show data sorted by TEST (Shown here) or By STANDARD or 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. Create Reports to get specific detail on groups of students. (Click Create reports) Reports:

Class Mastery Report gives you a list of each student along with their score for the standards you tested. It should be most useful to you for a quick look or for creating instructional groups. Class Mastery Report gives you a list of each student along with their score for the standards you tested. It should be most useful to you for a quick look or for creating instructional groups. Item Response Analysis Report gives you a list of each student and their actual responses on the test you are researching. Useful in helping you track the effectiveness of your teaching. Item Response Analysis Report gives you a list of each student and their actual responses on the test you are researching. Useful in helping you track the effectiveness of your teaching. Individual Student Mastery Report prints a page per student with the students mastery score for each standard. This will be useful for conferences or marking report cards. Individual Student Mastery Report prints a page per student with the students mastery score for each standard. This will be useful for conferences or marking report cards. Mastery By Standard Report gives you a page for each standard and the students scores for that standard. Students are grouped by “Mastery Achieved” and “Mastery Not Achieved.” This may also be useful for creating instructional or intervention groups. Mastery By Standard Report gives you a page for each standard and the students scores for that standard. Students are grouped by “Mastery Achieved” and “Mastery Not Achieved.” This may also be useful for creating instructional or intervention groups.

Click NEXT on each screen

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

My Completed Reports All teachers have their own reports sections. Each report you run ends up getting saved here and will stay until you delete it. Each report you run ends up getting saved here and will stay until you delete it. A report you run this year will not work on next year’s students, so it is important that you maintain this section. A report you run this year will not work on next year’s 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 then click the Delete Button.)

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

The beginning… of easier access to student data… Questions may be directed to the tech office via to Or via phone at extension 240