What Is A Benchmark Test and How Does It work.

When your students logged into myON for the first time, they completed an initial Lexile placement test. That test helped set a baseline Lexile score for them. As your students continue to read on myON, once they have read 5 books or completed 3 hours of total reading time in a 14 day period, a Benchmark test will appear. Students may also notice a purple envelope in the upper left-hand corner of their dashboard. This indicates that a Benchmark assessment is available. The student can click on the envelope to start the assessment.

Once a student starts a Benchmark test, they will need to complete it in one setting. Benchmarks can not be exited and returned to later. Benchmarks show how students are progressing in reading and comprehension skills. The system continues to track student performance through each Benchmark test.

As a student's Lexile level changes, the Recommended Library will grow with them. The books in the Recommended tab will always stay 100 Lexiles below to 50 Lexiles above their current Lexile score.