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

Billy Mills, Olympic Star

Billy Mills, a Native American runner, won an Olympic gold medal for the 10,000 meters in 1964. Nonfiction, Lexile 640L
  • Assessment Passage
  • Quick Check
  • Running Record

Running with Jennifer

Jennifer and Tara figure out how to keep a running date using technology. Fiction, Lexile 550L
  • Assessment Passage
  • Quick Check
  • Running Record

Rhino Rescue

Workers from a rescue center help a rhino stuck in a mud pit. Nonfiction, Lexile 540L
  • Assessment Passage
  • Quick Check
  • Running Record

The Rhino Road Stop

Travelers in India stop to help rescue a baby rhino. Fiction, Lexile 840L
  • Assessment Passage
  • Quick Check
  • Running Record