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.

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Bullet Trains

Bullet trains provide easy high-speed travel. Nonfiction, Lexile 540L
  • Assessment Passage
  • Quick Check
  • Running Record

One Fast Train Ride

A child visiting his grandmother in Japan rides a bullet train for the first time. Fiction, Lexile 520L
  • Assessment Passage
  • Quick Check
  • Running Record

Kid Rappers

Some kid rappers have become stars. Nonfiction, Lexile 550L
  • Assessment Passage
  • Quick Check
  • Running Record

Take Me Seriously

An eight-year-old child surprises the audience and judges of a talent program. Fiction, Lexile 400L
  • Assessment Passage
  • Quick Check
  • Running Record