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Aligned with Science of Reading research, Benchmark Advance is a core English Language Arts program that provides a cohesive structure for the development of literacy skills and content knowledge.
Get aquainted with different parts of the Benchmark Advance/Adelante lessons.
Know what to expect with your print and digital resources.
All print components, plus exclusive digital-only components, are accessible through the Benchmark Universe™ Digital Platform.
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Navigational support for features and functions of the web-based digital platform.
This guide will help you navigate your digital materials for Benchmark Advance and Benchmark Adelante. You'll discover how to access your key digital resources, create assignments, view reports, and more!
Teachers can customize and assign eBooks and students can save and share their annotations and reviews within the Benchmark Universe™ Digital Platform.
Support foundational skills lessons with easy-to-use ePocket Charts that can be presented in class, shared among teachers, assigned to students, and saved for future use.
Engage students with videos that introduce units, make phonics fun, support writing, and develop social-emotional skills tied to unit topics.
Monitor progress, identify growth opportunities, and inform instructional next steps with a variety of assessments and robust reports.
Benchmark Advance and Adelante authors and consultants are pedagogical leaders, instructional innovators, and teaching veterans. Their expertise is grounded in real-world classroom practice and channeled into the fabric of the program.
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Wiley Blevins, Ed.M.
Silvia Dorta-Duque de Reyes,
M.A. 
Jeff Zwiers, Ed.D. 
Patty McGee, M.Ed. 
Adria Klein, Ph.D. 
Peter Afflerbach, Ph.D.
Janet Williams, Ed.D.
Jorge Cuevas Antillón,
M.Ed. 
123 Andrés, Andrés Salguero and
Christina Sanabria 
Allison Briceño, Ed.D.
Michael Priestley, M.A.
Yanitzia Canetti, Ed.D.
René Boyer, Ed.D. 
Sandra Ceja, M.A.
Andres pi Andreu, B.A.
Jill
Kerper Mora, Ed.D. Wiley Blevins, Ed.M.
Silvia Dorta-Duque de Reyes,
M.A. Jeff Zwiers, Ed.D. Patty McGee, M.Ed. Adria Klein, Ph.D. Peter Afflerbach, Ph.D.
Janet Williams, Ed.D.
Jorge Cuevas Antillón,
M.Ed. 123 Andrés, Andrés Salguero and
Christina Sanabria Allison Briceño, Ed.D.
Michael Priestley, M.A.
Yanitzia Canetti, Ed.D.
René Boyer, Ed.D. Sandra Ceja, M.A.
Andres pi Andreu, B.A.
Jill Kerper
Mora, Ed.D. Benchmark Advance encourages students to be active learners and collaborators. Students spiral through comprehension skills and strategies to prepare for high-stakes testing and lifelong learning.
Navigational support for features and functions of the web-based digital platform.
This guide will help you navigate your digital materials for Benchmark Advance and Benchmark Adelante. You'll discover how to access your key digital resources, create assignments, view reports, and more!
Explore the Benchmark Advance curriculum, components, and authors.
See the program’s explicit, systematic phonics and word study instruction, designed with Wiley Blevins.
Learn about Benchmark Advance Alignment to the LETS Lesson Plan Template.
Understand how writing connects to reading as students engage in writing to texts and self-selected writing across text types.
View the comprehensive assessments and reports that help monitor progress and inform instruction.
Transform your teaching with data that monitors progress, identifies growth opportunities, and informs instruction.
Benchmark Advance supports high expectations and achievement for every learner. Validated by research and independent reviewers and used by students and teachers across the United States, the program provides the tools to nurture success.
Using their newest version 1.5 Review Tools, independent, nonprofit curriculum reviewer EdReports rated Benchmark Advance ©2022 K–5 “green” in all three Gateways: Text Quality, Building Knowledge, and Usability.
Benchmark Advance was a Primary Education Award winners in Tech & Learning Best of 2022.
Authentic Voices Library—the knowledge-building text sets in Benchmark Advance and Adelante—was recognized by the American Consortium for Equity in Education as the Best Diversity and Inclusion Solution.
Unravel the research behind the Benchmark Advance and Adelante programs to understand the expected outcomes of effective implementation.
See how the growth in proficiency for students using Benchmark Advance and Adelante is two and a half times as large as the growth in proficiency for students in districts using other programs.
Explore how Benchmark Advance aligns to the key tenets of structured literacy, including criteria from the IDA (International Dyslexia Association).
Grades 3–6 student results in California, Colorado, Michigan, and Minnesota Districts: Growth in percent of students reaching proficiency using Benchmark Advance vs. students using other instructional materials
