Benchmark interventions—reinforcement
Benchmark or early interventions are for students who are satisfactorily achieving grade-level standards but on occasion may require additional assistance and support for specific standards and concepts.1 These students benefit from ancillary materials, tutoring, software assistance, additional time with the teacher, and differentiated instruction. Addressing the students’ instructional needs early, before they become critical, prevents students from falling behind. According to the Reading/Language Arts Framework for California Public Schools Kindergarten through Grade Twelve (PDF; 6.06MB; 386pp.) , appropriate benchmark interventions include reteaching a concept in a different way, providing additional learning time, and additional practice.2
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Footnotes
1Lesson and course pacing schedule (K-8) and master schedule flexibility for sufficient numbers of intervention courses — Essential Program Component, California Department of Education Web site.
2Reading/Language Arts Framework for California Public Schools—Kindergarten through Grade Twelve (PDF; 6.06MB; 386pp.). Sacramento: California Department of Education, 2007, 227.