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What's New

It is our consistent goal to provide you with tools to make your life easier and to enhance your students’ learning experience. 

We’re pleased to confirm that the following feature updates are available in Benchmark Universe now:

Privacy Policy Updated

We have updated our Privacy Policy due to the retirement of the Student Privacy Pledge by the Future of Privacy Forum.

Instructional Recommendations Now Available for Grades K-6

Instructional recommendations are now available for Grades K-6 in all editions of Benchmark Advance, beginning with 2021, and Benchmark Adelante 2022.

Bookshelf Sharing for Teachers, Admins & Students

Create curated bookshelves and share them with students and colleagues! Gather resources around a topic, for independent reading, or for projects to share with students or groups.

Students can also create bookshelves of resources they plan on reading during independent reading time or for a project and share them with teachers.

Select a Custom Date Range in Plan & Teach

Users can now select a custom date range for created plans when filtering their Standards reports in Plan & Teach.

Contact Us

Users can now contact Benchmark Universe technical support through the menu without leaving the platform.

New Plan & Teach Features

Teachers and administrators can now create a plan, associate it to a class, and set an instructional start date. Also, customers can view their plans and standards in a new sidebar menu for easy navigation.

Additionally, new customization features are now available. Teachers and administrations now have the ability to modify a plan by moving a lesson or block non-teaching days.

Updated Terms of Use

We’ve made an update to our Terms of Use.

Enhanced Teacher Reading Log & Book Reviews

Access your class and student reading progress and engagement with a brand new reading log. Use it to track the number of books read, approve optional book reviews, and encourage consistent reading habits! This replaces your previous reading log and book reviews pages into one seamless place to monitor student reading.

Updated Privacy Policy

We’ve made an update to our Privacy Policy.

Teacher & Admin Dashboard & Menu

Preview your new data-filled dashboard by selecting New on the bottom, right of your screen. You can see upcoming assignments and those recently past due, with a direct link to grading. See real-time standards performance, favorite programs, and more. Customize the page so you see what's most important to you first! You can also go back to seeing your classic dashboard if you like.

You also have a new menu to guide you through BU!

Student Dashboard, Menu & Reading Log

Students have a new, engaging dashboard where they can quickly access active assignments and continue reading independently chosen books.

Students now have an improved way of tracking the books they are reading either as part of an assignment or chosen from their library in a newly designed Reading Log. Students can rate books to mark them complete and then give them an optional written review that teachers approve.

The newly designed student menu gives students access to all of their applications in BU.

Grading Assistant Autograde (Beta Version)

The Grading Assistant is a time-saver for teachers! The Grading Assistant tool automatically scores students’ written responses for short-answer and extended writing prompts.

New Custom Downloads Enhancements

Administrators can now select tests to be included in their eAssessment downloads! This applies to Standards Performance and Test Scores file formats. Check out the Custom Test Selector to learn more.

Administrators can now also select the standards by grade to be included in their eAssessments downloads! This applies to Standards Performance file formats. Check out the Custom Standards Selector to learn more.

Check out Plan and Teach

Plan and Teach is a flexible planning tool that's here to help you plan and develop your lessons all in one place! It replaces your ePlanner and offers many new features. Check here to get familiar with this exciting new resource.

Back-to-School Resources

We’re thrilled to provide enhancements to your Benchmark Universe experience! Read about the updates currently available and those to come here.