Benchmarks, Benchmarks

It's been almost a month since the Benchmark frenzy at my school. My kids improved a whopping 12% in less than four weeks. 58 out of 59 students improved their test scores in either their Overall Assessment, Information Literacy, Reading, or Writing. 35 of my 59 students improved by 10% or more on their Overall Assessment which is 59% of my total population.
More data on my students:

Positives Areas for Improvement
ü 6th graders improved by 10% since the last Predictive Benchmark, resulting in an overall score of 56%.
We are striving for a minimum overall score of 76%.
ü 6th graders improved by 11% in the area of Reading, resulting in an overall reading score of 54%.
We need to increase our Reading score by 22%.
ü 6th graders improved by 3% in the area of Writing, resulting in an overall reading score of 62%.
We need to increase our Writing score by 14%.
ü 6th graders improved by 4% since the last Diagnostic Benchmark.
ü Currently, there are NO 6th graders testing in Tier 1!
ü Currently, there are 21 6th graders testing in Tier 3!
ü Currently, there are 9 6th graders testing in Tier 4!