Benchmark Assessments

BENCHMARK I & II ASSESSMENTS

PGCPS Benchmark I and II Assessments are designed to assess students' progress in mastering the Core Learning Goals in an assessed courses: English 9, English 10, Algebra 1, Algebra II, Geometry, Quantitative Modeling, Biology and Government. These assessments will be administered twice during the 2026 school year.

Scholars, based upon their scores on their Benchmark assessments, are classified as Basic, Proficient or Advanced. Results from these assessment can be obtained from the content area teachers.

While performance results for the Benchmark assessments should not factor into a scholar's grades, they provide information used to guide instruction in the classrooms in preparation for the MCAP in May. These results also provide an indication as to how as scholar may perform on MCAP in May. If a student is struggling in an assessed course and his/her Benchmark results indicate weaknesses in the core content, scholars could benefit from extra study and review.

Contact your scholar's teacher for additional information to include study guides and other resources to prepare for the MCAP. Also, please take a moment to review the resource tab for additions online study and practice tools.

Winter 2021 Benchmark #2/FAST #2 Testing

(January - Februray 2026)

The Winter 2026 Benchmark II Assessments are administered during a scholar's regualar class period. The results of these assessment are designed to provide teachers and the school information relative to the academic needs of our scholars. Data driven lesson are planned for our scholars and this is one piece of data considered during the planning. To help us help them, our scholars are encouraged to do their best work and to adhere to test security protocol. Scholars are expected to:

do his/her own work & provide an honest response to each question to the best of the scholar's ability
not use prohibited items during testing (calculators, cell phones, web searches,etc.)
reach out to the classroom teacher should they encounter any issues while completing the assessment
view this assessment as a learning tool but not to copy or distribute test items in any way, shape or form.

Parent Letters (English, Spanish & French)

Fall 2020 Benchmark I Testing

(November - December 2026)

The Fall 2026 Benchmark I Assessments will be administered during a scholar's regular class period. The results of these assessment are designed to provide teachers and the school information relative to the academic needs of our scholars. Data driven lesson are planned for our scholars and this is one piece of data considered during the planning. To help us help them, our scholars are encouraged to do their best work and to adhere to test security protocol. Scholars are expected to:

do his/her own work & provide an honest response to each question to the best of the scholar's ability
not use prohibited items during testing (calculators, cell phones, web searches,etc.)
reach out to the classroom teacher should they encounter any issues while completing the assessment
view this assessment as a learning tool but not to copy or distribute test items in any way, shape or form.

Parent Letters (English, Spanish & French)

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