Benchmark Matrix Report

Description The Benchmark Matrix report includes scores and grade-level expectations from foundational skills, Sentence Reading Fluency, and oral reading measures as well as easy access to detailed Individual Student Reports.
Intended audience Instructors, School Administrators
Required role Instructor, School Administrator

To review class-level Benchmark test results, use the Benchmark Matrix report. This report includes:

  • Scores and grade-level expectations from Foundational Skills, Sentence Reading Fluency, and Oral Reading Measures

  • Easy access to detailed Individual Student reports

Note: The Benchmark Matrix report includes Foundational Skills results for students who took the Dyslexia Screener test type as well. Even so, we recommend only reviewing those students’ results in the Screener Outcomes report. The Screener Outcomes report provides a more complete picture of students’ Dyslexia Screener test results, including Dyslexia Screener flag outcomes.

Reviewing Benchmark test results

This annotated graphic and corresponding numbered steps will guide you through the key features of the Benchmark Matrix report.

Available reports and where to select data parameters, including user role, term, school, grade, class, language, results, Universal Screener Outcome, and student names

  1. In MAP Reading Fluency, select REPORTS on the dark gray menu bar toward the top of the screen, then choose Benchmark Matrix from the drop-down menu.

  2. To access data from a specific Term, School, Grade, Class, or Language, adjust the high-level filters as needed.

  3. To only show students with results, or to show multiple test results per term, select the Filter Results button.

    Tip: The default Benchmark Matrix view only displays results from the most recent test each student has taken within a selected term. If your students have taken multiple tests within a term and you’d like the Benchmark Matrix to include all of the results, activate the Show multiple test results per term slider within the Filter Results button dialog.

  1. To sort the data, select the appropriate column header for your needs. This can be a helpful way to start surfacing patterns that may inform how you create small instructional groups in your class.

  2. To access more detailed individual student results, select a student’s name. This will open their Individual Student Report.

Performance levels: grade-level expectations

All reports use the following color indicators and associated letters to relate student performance to grade-level expectations:

■ Blue: Exceeds grade-level expectations

■ Green: Meets grade-level expectations

■ Yellow: Approaches grade-level expectations

■ Red: Below grade-level expectations

■ Gray: NS No score

■ Dark Gray: NE No grade-level expectations

No Score (NS)

No Score may appear on a student’s report when an insufficient amount of data has been collected to determine a score. This only applies to activities that include oral reading. To learn more, refer to No Score (NS) for Oral Reading.

No grade-level expectations (NE)

The No Expectation performance level may appear in reports for some pre-K, kindergarten, and first-grade students. This level, denoted as NE, will be used where there is no applicable grade-level expectation. For example, if a beginning kindergartener makes it to the Word Reading subtest (which is not expected of a kindergarten student), then gets 2 of 10 questions correct, NE will be reported.

Note: While students up to grade 8 can be rostered to use MAP Reading Fluency, grade-level expectations are currently only reported up to the fifth grade level for English and the third grade level for Spanish.

Interpretive tables

To learn more about grade level expectations and zones of proximal development levels, refer to Interpretive Tables .