Benchmark Assessment System, Second Edition: Changes

Assessment Guide

• Improved design, including tabs for each section
• Expanded Case Study section, profiling ELL and SPED students, and detailing implications for instruction using The Continuum of Literacy Learning; Prompting Guide, Part 1; When Readers Struggle; Teaching for Comprehending and Fluency and Leveled Literacy Intervention
• New Optional Assessment section with scoring criteria in the appendix
• New Technology section, detailing how the Data Management System helps make teaching more systematic and effective
• Expanded FAQ section
• Index for ease of use

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Continuum of Literacy Learning

• New prekindergarten continua including oral language, story telling, and print awareness to provide a strong foundation for kindergarten
• New content reflecting latest research in assessment and learning
• User-friendly design

 

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Little Books

• Updated, contemporary design including more age-appropriate covers for BAS 2 fiction books
• Minor text changes to two BAS 2 books (Snake Myths, Earthquakes) to reflect scientific advancements
• Running word changes to nonfiction books at upper levels to include oral reading of headings

 

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Recording Forms

• "Beyond/About the Text" key understandings in comprehension conversation at levels A-K to encourage thinking about authors' craft
• Condensed Recording Forms to reduce paper expense

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Professional Development DVD

• New and improved video with more assessment conferences and greater emphasis on analysis