The Fifth Grade Benchmark Assessments were designed using feedback from testing grade level Assessment and Reporting Committee teams (3-6) and Power Standards in ELA and math to measure student progress commencing in the 2021-22 academic year. This feedback includes alignment to the SBAC, using credible resources such as the SBAC Blueprints and Content Explorer, IABs, and The Common Core Companion Guide.  Assessments will be computer scored and data will sync automatically into DnA by Renaissance (formally Illuminate), so no entry from the teacher is necessary.   Below are the District negotiated Focus Standard(s) they measure, testing windows for the year, and resources for administration, all of which the Fifth Grade ARC team had the opportunity to review and provide input towards.

Online Benchmarks were revised for the 2025–26 school year based on valuable stakeholder feedback, beginning with the Baseline Assessments, which are now aligned to prior year’s standards to better reflect student readiness. Starting in Trimester 1, each benchmark will feature consistent question types, aligned Depth of Knowledge (DOK) levels, and focus standards that are directly connected to the Smarter Balanced Content Explorer. To support instructional planning, Benchmark Blueprints will include sample question stems as well as helpful links and resources designed to deepen student thinking and extend learning.

• RI.5.1 Quote accurately from a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.

• W.5.2 Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas and information clearly.

• W.5.8 Recall relevant information from experiences or gather relevant information from print and digital sources; summarize or paraphrase information in notes and finished work, and provide a list of sources.

• SL.5.2 Summarize a written text read aloud or information presented in diverse media and formats, including visually, quantitatively, and orally.

• L.5.3 Use knowledge of language and its conventions when writing, speaking, reading, or listening.

• 5.OA.A.1 Use parentheses, brackets, or braces in numerical expressions, and evaluate expressions with these symbols.

• 5.OA.A.2 Write simple expressions that record calculations with numbers, and interpret numerical expressions without evaluating them. For example, express the calculation "add 8 and 7, then multiply by 2" as 2 × (8 + 7). Recognize that 3 × (18932 + 921) is three times as large as 18932 + 921, without having to calculate the indicated sum or product.

• 5.NBT.B.5 Fluently multiply multi-digit whole numbers using the standard algorithm.

• 5.NBT.B.6 Find whole-number quotients of whole numbers with up to four-digit dividends and two-digit divisors, using strategies based on place value, the properties of operations, and/or the relationship between multiplication and division. Illustrate and explain the calculation by using equations, rectangular arrays, and/or area models.

• 5.NBT.B.7 Add, subtract, multiply, and divide decimals to hundredths, using concrete models or drawings and strategies based on place value, properties of operations, and/or the relationship between addition and subtraction; relate the strategy to a written method and explain the reasoning used.

• 5.NF.A.1 Add and subtract fractions with unlike denominators (including mixed numbers) by replacing given fractions with equivalent fractions in such a way as to produce an equivalent sum or difference of fractions with like denominators. For example, 2/3 + 5/4 = 8/12 + 15/12 = 23/12. (In general, a/b + c/d = (ad + bc)/bd.)

• 5.NF.B.6 Solve real world problems involving multiplication of fractions and mixed numbers, e.g., by using visual fraction models or equations to represent the problem.

• 5.NF.B.7 Apply and extend previous understandings of division to divide unit fractions by whole numbers and whole numbers by unit fractions.

• 5.MD.A.1 Convert among different-sized standard measurement units within a given measurement system (e.g., convert 5 cm to 0.05 m), and use these conversions in solving multi-step, real world problems.

• 5.MD.C.3 Recognize volume as an attribute of solid figures and understand concepts of volume measurement.

• 5.MD.C.4 Measure volumes by counting unit cubes, using cubic cm, cubic in, cubic ft, and improvised units.

• 5.MD.C.5 Relate volume to the operations of multiplication and addition and solve real world and mathematical problems involving volume.