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 4 of 116 Passages

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