Benchmarks Not Factoring Into Mastery For An Individual Standard in the Tracker

[EricMichael]

I am curious why a  county benchmark assessment doesn't factor into a student's overall mastery when looking at an individual strand? For example in the photo below, this student missed the question with this standard on the unit test, thus they are shown as needing remediation. On the county benchmarks since then, the student has gotten 9 of 11 questions right with this standard. I would think this would push the student out of the remediation zone but it still shows them as needing remediation. Is there a setting that needs to be turned on for this to happen?

[JenMurphyA]

That's a good question, @EricMichael. I was noticing this the other day. Does your Student Report have this note also? I presume so, but I am not aware of any setting to change the fact that benchmarks are not included in the Mastery or why. - Jen

[EricMichael]

According to the response from our regional testing director, MasteryConnect does not allow Benchmark test data to be pushed to the trackers, only formative and summative assessments. As a work around I am having the teachers, click compare on the popup box when they hover over the benchmark. That splits the tracker columns in two and shows the teachers the student's mastery level for classrooms assessments and benchmark assessments. 

[JMHampton]

The Benchmark data is not included in Mastery for the comparison function. Each benchmark is a single point in time, whereas the Mastery Level updates by default (can be changed in settings) to the last time the standard was assessed on a formative.

So ideally when you use the comparison function contemporaneously with a benchmark administration, the Mastery should be similar. If you compare to a benchmark given earlier, ideally you should see the growth.

[TracyMacedonia · Accepted solution]

I am agreeing with JmHampton, the Benchmarks are designed to be one type of assessment that do not feed into the student mastery calculation for standards.  Here is more information explaining the response above about comparing Benchmarks to formative assessments to make instruction decisions based on the data. 

BENCHMARK COMPARE

Benchmark assessment results have their own column in the tracker, and are not included in a tracker's standard columns mastery calculations. The benchmark compare feature allows you to view students' formative and benchmark scores side-by-side in standards columns. This view enables you to identify discrepancies or trends among student assessment scores and performance.

• The benchmark compare feature, when activated, will split all standard columns that were used in the benchmark. The left side of the column will show the most recent formative data, and the right side of the column will show the benchmark data.
• This feature can be turned on and off through the benchmark assessment column in the tracker.
• Note: You can only compare one benchmark at a time. Also, for Mastery View Predictive Assessments, you will need to wait three business days after the benchmark window has closed to see the accurate benchmark data color.

Community page on Benchmark Compare

Pro Tips on Benchmark Compare

• After a benchmark is delivered, utilize the benchmark compare feature to compare how students are performing on formative assessments vs. benchmark assessments.
• Reflect on what you see to determine if formative assessments are at the same rigor as benchmark assessments.