Home | How It Works | Stats Login | Register         Case: Benchmarks In my school, we have to give benchmarks every 4.5 weeks. We are expected to show student growth with our data from these tests, however, these tests are not allowed be counted as grades. Students know this, and many do not try at all on these tests, which results in no growth. We have brought this issue up with administration, but have no definite answer for how we can motivate students to try their best on these tests. We've tried talking to students about their scores and any growth they have made, and some students do care, but most do not. So, we still have many students who will bubble answers and turn in their test in five minutes. Any suggestions for motivating students to try their best on a test that won't affect their grade? Solution: (Rates are posted for this solution!) One thing we did to help motivate the students, was sat down with them individual and went over the expectations of the test. We then had them write their own goals for the test which helped build accountability for each student. It seemed to work, the students then made their own competition to beat their goals each time and we did set a tiered reward system for the students with meaningful rewards to help motivate them.