The New Benchmark Assessment System 2.0 (System 1, Levels A-P)
Pinpoint student strengths and learning needs as readers.
This two-day workshop will help you learn how to use the new BAS 2.0 system to pinpoint student strengths and needs as readers, including oral reading behaviors, fluency, comprehension, writing about reading, and phonological awareness and early phonics skills.
- Classroom Teachers & Interventionists
- Literacy Coaches & Teacher Leaders
Benchmark Assessment System 1 (BAS) 2.0, used with students in grades K-2, is a comprehensive assessment system that provides teachers with critical information about each student’s reading abilities including:
- oral reading behaviors
- concepts about print
- phonological awareness
- phonics
- fluency
- comprehension
- writing about reading
BAS 2.0 features new fiction and nonfiction texts, assessments for early reading behaviors, and book-specific comprehension rubrics.
Through demonstration, guided practice, and discussion, you will learn how to administer, score, and analyze student results from the Benchmark Assessment System 2.0 and learn how to use the information gathered to inform whole group, small group, and individual instruction.
Course Outcomes
- Record and analyze oral reading behaviors including word solving, fluency, and comprehension.
- Gather and use information about students’ concepts about print, phonological awareness, and phonics understandings to inform instruction.
- Conduct a standardized comprehension conversation and use book-specific scoring rubrics.
- Determine independent, instructional, and placement reading levels
- Determine the instructional implications for whole-group, small-group, and individual instruction.
- Use writing about reading to learn more about students as readers.
You’ll earn 12 clock hours for this training.
Heather Rodman, Literacy Coach 
Prior to joining the Center for Reading Recovery and Literacy Collaborative as a Primary Trainer, Heather was a Kindergarten, first, second, third, and fourth grade classroom teacher in Middletown, CT for 16 years. She was also a Primary Literacy Coordinator for five years where she provided literacy training and coaching to K-5 teachers. In addition, she was a member of the Connecticut Department of Education Common Core State Standards Curriculum Design Team for English Language Arts.
Required Materials
You must have access to the materials found in the Benchmark Assessment System 2.0 levels A-P (System 1) to participate in this institute. To learn more or purchase the Benchmark Assessment Systems, click here.
Cancellation Deadline & Refund Policies
You have until one week before the first day of this offering to cancel your registration. The cancellation deadline is May1, 2025. There is a $50 cancellation fee. If you request a cancellation after the deadline, you will not be issued a refund. Substitution requests are acceptable. Please email CRRLC@lesley.edu if you have a cancellation or substitution request.
Registration Deadline
The registration portal closes at 5 pm ET on May 7, 2025.
Requirements for Participation
After the training, you will receive a certificate of attendance for your participation. To receive a complete certificate, participation during the specified times is required. Additional work may be assigned to meet the clock hours.
In-Person or Virtual Attendance
You may choose to attend this training in-person at Lesley University or virtually in real time. Should any of the conditions change and it is determined the training will be offered virtually only, you will be notified as soon as possible. We recommend that you contact us before reserving travel and lodging.
If you choose to attend in-person, the training room will have Lesley University’s HyFlex Classroom Technology to support an engaging learning environment for in-person and virtual participants. If you have questions about in-person or virtual attendance, please email us at CRRLC@lesley.edu.
On-Site Professional Development
We can deliver this training to your school/district. This option can be delivered virtually or in-person for a group within your school/district. For detailed costs, complete our online form to request this training for your school/district and we will contact you.
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