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.
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Peanut Butter: An American Favorite

Americans love to eat peanut butter. Nonfiction, Lexile 560L
  • Assessment Passage
  • Quick Check
  • Running Record

Home for Lunch

Children build a house of food for lunch. Fiction, Lexile 540L
  • Assessment Passage
  • Quick Check
  • Running Record

Two American Bears

Learn how to tell a grizzly bear from a black bear. Nonfiction, Lexile 740L
  • Assessment Passage
  • Quick Check
  • Running Record

The Scared Bear

A hungry bear becomes frightened by a kid who's camping. Fiction, Lexile 820L
  • Assessment Passage
  • Quick Check
  • Running Record