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

Homes High in the Trees

Members of the Kombai tribe live in hand-built tree houses. Nonfiction, Lexile 960L
  • Assessment Passage
  • Quick Check
  • Running Record

A Night in the Trees

A boy is nervous about camping overnight until he learns he'll be in a tree house. Fiction, Lexile 740L
  • Assessment Passage
  • Quick Check
  • Running Record

Making Cars

Learn how cars are put together. Nonfiction, Lexile 960L
  • Assessment Passage
  • Quick Check
  • Running Record

The Reading Chair

Daniella's father builds her a chair. Fiction, Lexile 760L
  • Assessment Passage
  • Quick Check
  • Running Record