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Using the Fountas & Pinnell Benchmark Assessment Systems to determine student’s independent and instructional reading levels, teachers are able to observe student reading behaviors one-on-one, engage in comprehension conversations that go beyond retelling, and make informed decisions that connect assessment to instruction.
Teachers’ most reliable resource to accurately and reliably identify each child’s instructional and independent reading levels according to the F&P Text Level Gradient™, A–Z and document their progress through one-on-one formative and summative assessments. The Fountas & Pinnell Benchmark Assessment Systems provide teachers with precise tools and texts to observe and quantify specific reading behaviors, and then interpret and use that data to plan meaningful instruction.
The Fountas & Pinnell Benchmark Assessment Systems (BAS) assessments are conducted one-on-one. In Part 1 of the assessment, the student reads aloud and talks about the system’s original, precisely leveled fiction and nonfiction books, while the teacher observes and notes the reader’s behaviors on carefully constructed forms. In Part 2, the teacher conducts a revealing Comprehension Conversation. Optional Part 3 uses a Writing About Reading prompt to elicit response to the text.
Download this free sampler of the Fountas & Pinnell Benchmark Assessment System (BAS)—accurate, insightful assessment tools to determine independent and instructional reading levels, and plan responsive instruction. The BAS sampler includes: an overview of the system, case studies that demonstrate how to conduct and interpret the assessment, and sample Benchmark Assessment books.
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The Benchmark Assessment Systems include unique, high-quality books written expressly for the purposes of literacy assessment along the F&P Text Level Gradient™.
Each book was developed under the careful direction and supervision of Fountas and Pinnell according to their strict leveling protocols.
To further ensure proper leveling, the books were vetted by a team of experienced classroom teachers, and Heinemann conducted a formal field study of the leveling that involved a broad spectrum of students across the U.S.
Fountas & Pinnell’s Online Data Management Systems were developed in response to the need for teachers and administrators to share data and monitor student and group progress. These password protected, web-based systems provide robust support for schools and districts interested in collecting and analyzing data on student achievement and progress over time using LLI and/or BAS. Teachers can easily generate reports in table and graph format to show individual student and group progress. Administrators can generate reports for school- and district-wide progress.
Additional purchase outside the BAS system
Available for each of the BAS systems, the Reading Record App is the efficient way to take a reading record and records the following:
Each in-app purchase contains the texts for that system’s student books. In-app purchases require an active subscription to the BAS Online Data Management System.
Watch this webinar to hear from Fountas and Pinnell-trained Consultant, Chrisie Moritz, as she provides a first look at the enhanced comprehension conversation portion of The Fountas & Pinnell Benchmark Assessment Systems, 3rd Edition. This refined comprehension conversation accounts for more rigorous administration, analysis, and scoring.
Hear from Fountas and Pinnell-trained Consultant, Chrisie Moritz, as she provides a first look at the enhanced comprehension conversation portion of the Fountas & Pinnell Benchmark Assessment Systems, 3rd Edition. This refined comprehension conversation accounts for more rigorous administration, analysis, and scoring.
Chrisie provides a brief overview of the changes to the comprehension conversation and introduces you to the new scoring key and rubrics for scoring.
The full version of this resource requires registration.
Get shareable linkThe authors of Benchmark Assessment System (BAS), Irene Fountas and Gay Su Pinnell, are committed to the important role of research in the development and ongoing evaluation of BAS.
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