• District Benchmark Assessment

  • Balanced Assessment System

    ¾«¶«´«Ã½ employs a Balanced Assessment System. This encompasses a variety of assessments that yield different types of data. These data serve different purposes and are used to drive both long-term and short-term instruction. Each type of assessment found within the Balanced Assessment System is given at different intervals throughout the year, with some being multiple times per year and others being given only once. Some of the assessments found within the Balanced Assessment System may be reflected in a student's report card grade while others are only used for instructional planning purposes.

    Balanced Assessment System
    Balanced Assessment System

    Universal screeners are used to give a broad view of the overall health of core instruction for all students.

    Balanced Assessment System

    Diagnostic assessments are used to provide information about how much a student knows about a standard, skill, or specific topic.

    Balanced Assessment System

    Classroom assessments are used to collect detailed information that educators can use to monitor progress towards learning goals or for grades.

    Balanced Assessment System

    Benchmark assessments are used to evaluate students against specific grade-level standards and learning goals, so that educators can adopt instructional approaches to meet student learning needs.

    Balanced Assessment System

    Summative assessments are used to evaluate learning progress and achievement at the conclusion of a specific instructional period.
  • Course # Benchmark
    3-8 ELA 3
    5th Science 2
    8th Science 3
    Math 1 (8th) 2
    Math 1 (HS) 2
    Math 3 2
    English II 2
    Biology 2

    The highlighted courses require a midterm, which will provide a third formative assessment.

    Based on the North Carolina Standard Course of Study and designed using the End-of-Grade and End-of-Course Assessment blueprints, the Mastery View Predictive Assessments are rigorous benchmarks that measure students’ academic progress and can be triangulated with other data points to predict summative outcomes. MVPAs are REQUIRED to be administered multiple times per year. The frequency of assessments, grade levels, and subject areas are shown in the graphic.
  • Administration Windows
    Early/Middle Colleges HS 4x4 Middle, Elementary, HS Year-Long
    Semester 1 Assessment 1
    Administration: 9/16 - 9/20    		 Semester 1 Assessment 1
    Administration: 10/7-10/11    		 Assessment 1
    Administration: 10/21-11/1
    Semester 1 Final
    Administration: 11/12-11/18    		 Semester 1 Final
    Administration: 12/9-12/13    		 Assessment 2
    Administration: 1/9-1/23

    *No HS and MS Math 1 due to district midterms
    Semester 2 Assessment 1
    Administration: 2/10-2/14    		 Semester 2 Assessment 1
    Administration: 3/3-3/7
    Semester 2 Final
    Administration: 4/7-4/11    		 Semester 2 Final
    Administration: 5/5-5/9    		 Final
    Administration: 4/22-5/5
    Outlined in the table are the specific assessment windows in which the MVPA benchmarks are given.

  • Individual Student Report

    Individual Student Reports are provided to families by your student's school roughly 2 weeks after the window closes for the entire school district. This gives a snapshot of how a student performed on the Mastery View Predictive Assessments (Benchmark Assessment). These assessments serve as benchmarks for all courses that participate in End-of-Grade or End-of-Course state assessments. The district uses these assessments to progress monitor student performance with grade level content and standards.

     

    Download the Individual Student Report Document

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