How should the Mid-Year Assessment Series data be interpreted?

This article is intended only for customers and partners using the Assessment Series.

The Mid-Year Assessment is designed to give teachers a snapshot of students’ reading performance in the middle of the academic year or term. It is not intended to measure students’ growth from the Pre-Assessment. Instead, Mid-Year Assessment results are designed to give detailed information about how your students are performing at this point in the year. 

The Mid-Year Assessment data display includes the same data about student performance as the Pre-Assessment, including percentiles to show how students performed compared to other students taking the same CommonLit Mid-Year Assessment. Mid-Year Assessment scores and percentile rankings can be used in conjunction with data from the Pre-Assessment and other reading assessments to identify which students are doing well and who might need additional support.