PM BENCHMARK +
For the purposes of this venture pitch PM Benchmark + expands on the PM Benchmark product that is common in schools across Canada. PM Benchmark provides leveled readers and materials to assess students' reading at the foundational level - primary school. The product of this pitch takes this to the next level, adding adaptive learning software to allow for digital assessments without the assistance of a teacher or educator.
PM Benchmark
the actual product that + is built upon
The PM Benchmark Reading Assessment Resource from Nelson Education, has been designed to assess students' instructional and independent reading levels using unseen, meaningful texts. This brand new comprehensive resource provides accurately levelled fiction and nonfiction texts ranging progressively from Kindergarten to end of Grade 4.
The PM Benchmark Reading Assessment Resource (RAR) includes:
Levelled Texts
Teachers' Resource Book & CD
The Teachers' Resource Book has been developed explicitly to help students' reading achievement. The accompanying CD includes printable Student Recordsin PDF format.
Procedures Card
The PM Benchmark RAR Procedures Card provides a summary of the recommended procedures for taking a reading assessment.
Modelled Assessment DVD
The DVD contains frequently asked questions and professional development videos to help teachers effectively assess students' reading levels.
The PM Benchmark Reading Assessment Resource (RAR) includes:
- Levelled fiction and nonfiction texts from Levels 1-30
- Teachers' Resource Book & CD
- Procedures Card
- Modeled Assessment DVD
Levelled Texts
- 42 accurately levelled, completely new fiction and nonfiction texts
- 4 familiar and iconic texts from the previous PM Benchmark kits
- 1 new fiction text at every level from Levels 1-14
- 1 new fiction and 1 new nonfiction text at every level from Levels 15-30
- Text types clearly identified and introduced at appropriate levels
Teachers' Resource Book & CD
The Teachers' Resource Book has been developed explicitly to help students' reading achievement. The accompanying CD includes printable Student Recordsin PDF format.
Procedures Card
The PM Benchmark RAR Procedures Card provides a summary of the recommended procedures for taking a reading assessment.
Modelled Assessment DVD
The DVD contains frequently asked questions and professional development videos to help teachers effectively assess students' reading levels.
Representative Audiences and Purposes for Reading Assessment
references
PM Benchmark Reading Assessment Resource. Nelson Education.
Retrieved from: http://www.nelson.com/pmbenchmark/about.html
Afflerbach, Peter (December 2017) Understanding and Using Reading Assessment, K–12, 3rd Edition.
http://www.ascd.org/publications/books/117050/chapters/Important-Issues-and-Concepts-in-Reading-Assessment.aspx
Retrieved from: http://www.nelson.com/pmbenchmark/about.html
Afflerbach, Peter (December 2017) Understanding and Using Reading Assessment, K–12, 3rd Edition.
http://www.ascd.org/publications/books/117050/chapters/Important-Issues-and-Concepts-in-Reading-Assessment.aspx