Using Kids A-Z you can:

1 Assign and listen to recordings of Benchmark Passages and Books.

2 Score recordings using an online running record tool.

Benchmark Passages & Running Records

Passages to Find Students' Instructional Reading Levels

Use these short passages as one step in the three-step process to find your students' instructional reading needs or to assess whether they are prepared to read more difficult text.

Showing 116 of 116 Passages

The Animals in Summer

Animals have sun, grass, and mud in summer. Nonfiction, Lexile BR60L
  • Assessment Passage
  • Running Record

My Animals

A child lists his favorite stuffed animals. Fiction, Lexile BR40L
  • Assessment Passage
  • Running Record

The Spring Day

Children enjoy spring weather. Nonfiction, Lexile BR10L
  • Assessment Passage
  • Running Record

The Little House

A child plays with a doll house. Fiction, Lexile BR80L
  • Assessment Passage
  • Running Record

Here is a Number

Here are numbers 1-7. Nonfiction, Lexile BR110L
  • Assessment Passage
  • Quick Check
  • Running Record

He Has Two

A man has two of a number of things. Fiction, Lexile BR10L
  • Assessment Passage
  • Quick Check
  • Running Record

This Plane

A plane moves in different ways. Nonfiction, Lexile BR90L
  • Assessment Passage
  • Quick Check
  • Running Record

Three Birds

Three birds show different positions related to a birdhouse. Fiction, Lexile BR90L
  • Assessment Passage
  • Quick Check
  • Running Record

Big and Little

Many things are big and little. Nonfiction, Lexile BR20L
  • Assessment Passage
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  • Running Record

Ted Sees a Pond

While on a walk, Ted and his dog see a pond and the things that live there. Fiction, Lexile 40L
  • Assessment Passage
  • Quick Check
  • Running Record

Near the Pond

Many animals are near the pond. Nonfiction, Lexile BR50L
  • Assessment Passage
  • Quick Check
  • Running Record

We Read About Animals

A child and an adult read a book about some animals. Fiction, Lexile 50L
  • Assessment Passage
  • Quick Check
  • Running Record