Benchmark Passages & Running Records

Target students' instructional needs by assessing their reading skills with developmentally appropriate texts while recording reading behavior. Benchmark Passages are short text selections that are one part of a three-part process to provide effective reading instruction for students and to assess their readiness to progress to more difficult text.

Digital Running Records on Raz-Plus

With our Online Running Record tool, Raz-Plus or Raz-Kids members can:
  • Assign and listen to recordings of Benchmark Passages and Books.
  • Score recordings using an online running record tool.
Showing 116 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

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

Big and Little

Many things are big and little. Nonfiction, Lexile BR20L
  • Assessment Passage
  • Quick Check
  • Running Record

Ted Sees a Pond

While on a walk, Ted and his dog see a pond and the things that live there. Fiction, Lexile 40L
  • Assessment Passage
  • Quick Check
  • Running Record

Near the Pond

Many animals are near the pond. Nonfiction, Lexile BR50L
  • Assessment Passage
  • Quick Check
  • Running Record

We Read About Animals

A child and an adult read a book about some animals. Fiction, Lexile 50L
  • Assessment Passage
  • Quick Check
  • Running Record