Fountas and Pinnell

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Fountas and Pinnell

• Benchmark Assessment System

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Create an account
NOTE You are going to want to do this on the
computer where you plan to enter your student
data through the year. 1)Click register now 2)
Fill out the required information 3) The password
reminder is really important as we cant recover
your password, so choose something you will
remember. 4) Hint You may want to use your
email password for the password. 5) Be sure to
click save at the end 6) This will create your
teacher account.
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Add a class

• Click on the Add Class button
• Enter the class name
• Enter the grade level
• Enter the start date
• (Beginning and end of the school year)

Click next
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Choose administration
As with the Dominie, we have to administer at the
beginning and end of the year for all
students. We also have to administer mid year
for any student below grade level. Click the
triannual, enter the approximate date you give
the assessments. Enter the expected
instructional guided reading levels from the
report card so it matches what is communicated
to the parents.
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Add students

1. For each child, enter the first name, last name,
   grade level and gender. The rest of the
   information is optional.
2. Click save to just save that student.
3. Click save and add to bring up a window to add
   another student.

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Add an assessment

• Click on the assessments tab along
• the top.
• 2) Make sure the class you selected is displayed
  in the selected class window.
• 3) Choose your student from the selected
  student drop down menu.
• 4) On the bottom left, the add text reading
  option will appear
• 5) Clicking on this will allow you to enter the
  assessment data on this child.

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Choose a test period
1) You have the choice of initial, mid-year, end
of the year, and interim. 2) Click the initial
button and adjust the date administered to match
when it was given.
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3) Enter the correct data for the child for
accuracy and comprehension 4) Click next and
complete the rest of the data entry. 5) Click
save and go back to the assessment screen.
Repeat these steps for the next child.
1)Choose fiction or non fiction 2)Choose the
correct level and title of the book.
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Printing (with special notes)

1. When you are ready to print your class Click on
   the Assessment tab.
2. Under Selected Students make sure it reads all
   students
3. Hit the print button
4. NOTE This will print all of the students in your
   class who are either Instructional or
   Independent. It will not print any student
   whos testing level was hard. The next page
   will tell you how to print those students, if you
   do not wish to retest them.

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Printing (Continued)

1. If you have a student whos tested in the hard
   category with regards to reading level, you have
   to print that student separately and attach it to
   the class summary. Any student in this category
   will not show up, as the program expects you to
   retest.
2. Select the student in the selected student box,
   then hit print. Attach this to your class
   summary.
3. You need to repeat this for each student in this
   category.

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• Things I am still working on
• Saving
• Currently I only know how to save to the
  installed PC
• There is an export button but I havent been
  able to get it to work.
• Install the disc and enter the data where you
  will use it the most. If I can resolve this
  issue, I will get something out to you.