Standards

Standards

CBM is linked to standards in two ways; target links and skill links.

Target links refer to "target" students must meet to attain proficiency on another assessment. Links below show targets for Far Below Basic to Advanced on the California Standards Tests:

Grade 2 Math Grade 4 Math

Grade 2 Language Arts Grade 4 Language Arts

Grade 3 Math Grade 5 Math

Grade 3 Language Arts Grade 5 Language Arts

Skill links refer to the basic skills CBM covers and are tested directly during each administration. The inclusion of these skills are listed below:

CBM Standards Links by Skills

CBM Assessment	Skill Tested	Area Addressed	Standard Addressed
Reading	Fluency	Language Arts	Word analysis, fluency, and vocabulary
Math	Basic Math	Math	Number sense
Writing	Writing	Language Arts	Writing applications
Spelling	Spelling	Language Arts	Written conventions

The second method to link standards to CBM is targeted links. This involves establishing benchmarks for each CBM period based on the results from an outside assessment. For example, to find out what score students should have in November to achieve a "Proficient" on a state test, we would look at students that achieved a Proficient score in the past and research their CBM scores for November. This group of scores would indicate the target for students to receive a Proficient score in the future.

For more information on this subject, click the button below for a .pdf file on linking CBM scores and targets.

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