Educational Resources

Benchmark Assessments – Progress Monitoring

for use with Build: A K-1 Early Reading Intervention

Are you looking to be more diagnostic and prescriptive in your teaching? Order your Benchmark Assessments today!

  • Utilize the Benchmark Assessments as a progress-monitoring tool in conjunction with BUILD: A K-1 Early Reading Intervention, specifically designed for early literacy development. By administering these assessments, you’ll gain valuable insights to inform your next steps and tailor instruction for students who require additional support in acquiring foundational literacy skills, whether during or after the intervention. These benchmarks assess the student’s skills taught in Books 1-3.

  • SECOND EDITION – Updated with additional resources, including new sections: Progress Report Frameworks and Sample Reports, adding 20 more pages! (Coming Soon! – Available to ship the last week of October) This booklet contains Benchmark Assessments for Books 1-3. It is 72 pages long and measures 8.5″ x 11.0″. Shipping is FREE within the United States. ($58 each)

  • The Benchmark Assessments are co-authored by:

  • Please note that the Benchmark Assessments are not part of the research-based curriculum BUILD: A K-1 Early Reading Intervention developed at Scottish Rite for Children in Dallas, Texas.

  • Under copyright law, the content of the Benchmark Assessments is restricted to use by a single individual who has purchased it.

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BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS

  • Dawson, P., Guare, R., & Guare, C. (2024). Smart but scattered. Guilford Press.

  • Eide, B., & Fernette Eide. (2012). The dyslexic advantage: unlocking the hidden potential of the dyslexic brain. Plume.

  • Oakley, B. A., Sejnowski, T. J., & Alistair McConville. (2018). Learning how to learn: How to succeed in school without spending all your time studying. Tarcherperigee.

  • ‌Shaywitz, S. E., & Shaywitz, J. (2020). Overcoming dyslexia: A major update and revision of the Essential Program for reading problems at any level, incorporating the latest breakthroughs in science, educational methods, technology, and legal accommodations. Alfred A. Knopf.