Benchmark Test 1 Grade 1 Student Name ______
Reading Answer Key
1. C / 11. C / 21. A2. A / 12. B / 22. C
3. B / 13. C / 23. B
4. A / 14. B / 24. A
5. B / 15. C / 25. A
6. A / 16. A
7. A / 17. C
8. B / 18. B
9. C / 19. C
10. B / 20. B
Comprehension Skills / Items / Score / Re-teaching needed?
(yes or no)/comments / Overall score
Understanding Characters / 1, 7 / /2 / /15
High-Frequency Words / 2, 3, 9, 14 / /4
Sequence of Events / 4, 5, 10, 12 / /4
Context Clues / 6 / /1
Alphabetical Order / 8 / /1
Text and Graphic Features / 11 / /1
Classification of Words: Actions / 13 / /1
Main Idea / 15 / /1
Phonics Skills / Items / Score / Re-teaching needed?
(yes or no)/comments / Overall score
Short a / 16, 21, 25 / /3 / /10
Short i / 17, 18 / /2
Short o / 19, 23 / /2
Inflection -s / 20 / /1
Short u / 22 / /1
Short e / 24 / /1
Writing: Written Comprehension / Teacher comments / Rubric Score
(1-4) / Re-teaching needed?
(yes or no)/comments / Overall score
Focus/Ideas
Organization
Voice
Word Choice
Sentence fluency
Conventions
Benchmark Test 3 Grade 1 Student Name ______
Reading Answer Key
1. A / 11. A / 21. C2. B / 12. B / 22. A
3. A / 13. C / 23. C
4. A / 14. B / 24. B
5. C / 15. B / 25. B
6. A / 16. C
7. A / 17. B
8. B / 18. C
9. C / 19. C
10. B / 20. A
Writing: Written Comprehension / Teacher comments / Rubric Score
(1-4) / Re-teaching needed?
(yes or no)/comments / Overall score
Focus/Ideas
Organization
Voice
Word Choice
Sentence fluency
Conventions
Comprehension Skills / Items / Score / Re-teaching needed?
(yes or no)/comments / Overall score
Understanding Characters / 1 / /1 / /15
Classification of Words: Colors / 2 / /1
High-Frequency Words / 3, 5, 9, 13 / /4
Cause and Effect / 4 / /1
Conclusions / 6 / /1
Sequence of Events / 7 / /1
Context Clues / 8 / /1
Details / 10 / /1
Classification of Words: Numbers / 11 / /1
Text and Graphic Features / 12 / /1
Main Idea / 14 / /1
Author’s Purpose / 15 / /1
Phonics Skills / Items / Score / Re-teaching needed?
(yes or no)/comments / Overall score
Digraphs / 16, 18, 21 / /3 / /10
Contractions / 17, 20 / /2
Short u / 19 / /1
Long a / 22 / /1
Letter Clusters / 23, 24 / /2
Short e / 25 / /1
Benchmark Test 5 Grade 1 Student Name ______
Reading Answer Key Writing Answer Key
1. A / 11. C / 21. A / 1. A2. A / 12. A / 22. A / 2. A
3. C / 13. C / 23. A / 3. A
4. B / 14. B / 24. B / 4. B
5. A / 15. B / 25. B / 5. C
6. B / 16. A / 6. B
7. A / 17. B / 7. A
8. B / 18. C / 8. C
9. A / 19. B / 9. A
10. C / 20. C / 10. B
Comprehension Skills / Items / Score / Re-teaching needed?
(yes or no)/comments / Overall score
Story Structure / 1 / /1 / /15
High-Frequency Words / 2, 3, 11, 13 / /4
Sequence of Events / 4, 6 / /2
Classification of Words: Actions / 5 / /1
Understanding Characters / 7 / /1
Classification of Words: Family / 8 / /1
Text and Graphic Features / 9 / /1
Multiple Meaning Words / 10 / /1
Details / 12 / /1
Main Idea / 14 / /1
Author’s Purpose / 15 / /1
Phonics Skills / Items / Score / Re-teaching needed?
(yes or no)/comments / Overall score
Short e / 16 / /1 / /10
Vowel Pairs: ee, ea / 17 / /1
Digraph: th / 18 / /1
Vowel Digraphs/Spelling Patterns: oo, ou, ew / 19 / /1
Vowel Combinations:
oi, oy, au, aw / 20 / /1
r-Controlled Vowel: ar / 21 / /1
Vowel Pairs: ai, ay / 22 / /1
Soft c, g, dge / 23 / /1
Contractions with ‘s, n’t / 24 / /1
Final ng, nk / 25 / /1
Writing: Revising & Editing / Items / Score / Re-teaching needed?
(yes or no)/comments / Overall score
Grammar / 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 / /8 / /10
Spelling / 3, 10 / /2
Writing: Written Comprehension / Teacher comments / Rubric Score
(1-4) / Re-teaching needed?
(yes or no)/comments / Overall score
Focus/Ideas
Organization
Voice
Word Choice
Sentence fluency
Conventions