Benchmark tasks provide students with feedback and inform them of their next steps in the XIL. An XIL Project is not just one single submission as there is an ongoing review of progress.

The benchmark task must relate to the outcomes, skills or enterprise skills that are built into the XIL.

Benchmark tasks can use the same marking criteria for the final product/s. They are use a A-E grade system or Surface, Deep, Transfer level depending on the goal's identified by the teacher.