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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Incredible Shrinking Technology

Useful gadgets have grown smaller over time. Nonfiction, Lexile 910L
  • Assessment Passage
  • Quick Check
  • Running Record

Mystery at the Beach

A family solves the mystery of tracks in the sand at the beach. Fiction, Lexile 680L
  • Assessment Passage
  • Quick Check
  • Running Record

The Magnificent Macaw

The scarlet macaw, a bird of Latin America, faces problems but also has allies to keep it from becoming extinct. Nonfiction, Lexile 980L
  • Assessment Passage
  • Quick Check
  • Running Record

The Crash

On the planet Marva, adults are addicted to Superior Contact phones. Fiction, Lexile 910L
  • Assessment Passage
  • Quick Check
  • Running Record