In 1996, Irene Fountas and Gay Su Pinnell revolutionized classroom teaching with their systematic approach to small-group reading instruction as described in their groundbreaking text, Guided Reading. over the years Fountas and Pinnell have brought their systematic, critical sensibility to all areas of classroom practice through publications like Guiding Readers and Writers and Teaching for Comprehending and Fluency. Teachers worldwide recognize in these publications the authors’ deep understanding of classroom realities and their respect for the challenges facing teachers.

 

With the all-new Fountas & Pinnell Benchmark Assessment System, the authors respond to the demands teachers and administrators have expressed over the years. Specifically, Fountas and Pinnell:

·        Recognized the need for a comprehensive assessment system that is intimately and gracefully linked to classroom instruction

·        Recognized the absence of a reliable and specific system for matching students’ instructional and independent reading abilities to the comprehensive Fountas and Pinnell A-Z text gradient

·        Recognized that existing systems for assessing reading lacked the kind of detailed and quantifiable assessment of reading comprehension that is crucial to truly understanding children

·        Recognized that this essential piece was missing from their systematic support for literacy instruction.

 

Developed by the authors in response to these demands, the Fountas & Pinnell Benchmark Assessment System is every bit as revolutionary as Guided Reading was in 1996 and reflects the same exquisite quality and attention to critical aspects of teaching and learning. Specific features of the Fountas & Pinnell Benchmark Assessment System enable you to:

·        Determine your students’ independent and instructional reading levels

·        Group students for reading instruction

·        Select texts that will be productive for a student’s instruction

·        Assess the outcomes of teaching

·        Assess a new student’s reading level for independent reading and instruction

·        Identify students who need intervention and extra help

·        Document student progress across a school year and across grade levels

·        Create class profiles

·        Inform parent conferences.

 

The Fountas & Pinnell Benchmark Assessment System 1 includes:

 

·        Grades K-2, Levels A-N

·        28 newly created Benchmark Books written expressly for assessment (14 Fiction and 14 Nonfiction)

·        Assessment Guide

·        Assessment Forms Book

·        Assessment Forms CD-ROM

·        Optional Assessments Item Book

·        Assessment Data Management CD-ROM

·        Professional Development DVD

·        A Continuum of Literacy Learning: A Guide to Teaching

·        30 Student Folders

·        F&P Calculator/Stopwatch

 

For additional information about the Fountas & Pinnell Benchmark Assessment System, please visit www.fountasandpinnellbenchmarkassessment.com.