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

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