Fountas and Penel's Benchmark Assessment System and Leveled Literacy Intervention

Fountas and Penel's Benchmark Assessment System comes with a specially designed calculator to help a teacher find a child's accuracy rate. A book is at a beginning reader's independent reading level if the child can answer some comprehension questions. Lucy Cawkins created a kit of materials called Units of Study to help teachers do her reading and writing workshop. School districts were clamoring for these products, says Sarah Parker who freelanced as a sales rep for Heinemann in Northern California.