East Baton Rouge Parish School
System utilizes the Benchmark Assessment Program.All students in grades 2-8 who access
the general curriculum are tested in the core subject areas:English/language arts, mathematics,
science, and social studies.High
school students are assessed in English, Algebra, Geometry, Biolcgy and American
History.Benchmark Assessments
consist of two types of tests:
A comprehensive pre-test in August and post-test in May
determines growth.
LEAP-like tests following
curriculum units gauge mastery of content throughout the
year.
Test
content is aligned to Grade Level Expectations (GLE’s) from the Louisiana comprehensive
curriculum and the East Baton Rouge Parish curriculum. The tests are developed by East Baton
Rouge faculty and staff and supplemented with commercial products as well as
Louisiana released test items. Each unit test has both multiple
choice and open-ended items.Teachers are provided scoring rubrics for short answer items, constructed
responses, and essays.
Benchmark Assessments are paper and
pencil tests administered using the Edusoft scan and score platform from
Riverside Publishing (www.edusoft.com). Reports at various
levels:student, teacher/classroom,
school, and district aid the teachers and
administrators in making decisions regarding classroom instruction and in
giving students timely, detailed feedback.This data is also used to write and evaluate goals for the East Baton
Rouge School System Strategic Accountability Plan and the School Improvement
Plan
