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 4 of 116 Passages

The Great Bee Mystery

Bees are mysteriously disappearing from hives. Nonfiction, Lexile 530L
  • Assessment Passage
  • Quick Check
  • Running Record

Seeing the Sphinx

The Great Sphinx is a source of pride for an Egyptian child. Fiction, Lexile 670L
  • Assessment Passage
  • Quick Check
  • Running Record

The Mystery of the Sphinx

The Great Sphinx is an icon of Ancient Egypt, but its age is a mystery. Nonfiction, Lexile 580L
  • Assessment Passage
  • Quick Check
  • Running Record

The Ranch Helpers

A girl discovers that bees help almond growers with their crops. Fiction, Lexile 480L
  • Assessment Passage
  • Quick Check
  • Running Record