We use both points and levels to track student progress — and each serves a different purpose.
Points Enable Frequent Growth Monitoring
Students grow every day, week or month. Points show growth in a short time period.
Every level spans 100 points. As students practice and demonstrate mastery, their points increase within their current level. This allows you to see meaningful growth even when a student hasn't yet moved up to the next level.
Levels Provides Easy Representation of Student Progress Towards a Year Long Goal
Levels are an easy way to track and communicate student progress towards yearly goals — such as benchmark targets set by your school or district. They give administrators and teachers a clear reference point for where a student should be by the end of the year.
Reading level starts at Level C, as Levels A and B correspond to decodable texts where students are still building the foundational skills needed to begin reading independently.
Benchmark Score and Interpretation
Benchmark score is based on a student's point score relative to the level benchmark. The point thresholds for each status are set by your school district.
Exceeds (dark green) — the student has surpassed the benchmark by the district-defined benchmark scores
Meets (light green) — the student has met the benchmark point.
Approaching (yellow) — the student is well on their way to the benchmark.
Below (orange) — the student is below the benchmark.
No Data (grey) - the student has not completed assessments during the specified assessment window.
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