Stay Ahead of New Jersey’s New Literacy
Mandates—We’ve Got You Covered!
- Adopt High-Quality Literacy Instructional Materials beginning in the 2025-2026 school year.
- Implement Universal Literacy Screenings for all K-3 students starting in the 2025-2026 school year.
- Learn more about these new literacy mandates and how to stay compliant.
Meet All Mandates with Our Award-Winning Cohesive Solutions
High-Quality Literacy Instructional Materials (HQIM) Support NJSLS and NJTSS
Core Solutions
Benchmark Advance
The Knowledge-Based Literacy Solution that nurtures growth and success in all students. 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.
Benchmark Adelante
The Knowledge-Based Literacy Solution that nurtures growth and success in all students. Parallel and equitable to Benchmark Advance, Benchmark Adelante is a core Spanish language arts program that provides a cohesive structure for the development of literacy skills and content knowledge with a framework that supports biliteracy.
Connected Assessment
This comprehensive assessment solution includes universal screening, growth monitoring, diagnostics, and dyslexia screening, ensuring a well-rounded approach to literacy evaluation. Currently undergoing validation studies with promising results, it is already gaining traction among districts preparing for implementation.
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Connected Tiered Solutions
Benchmark Phonics Intervention
Benchmark Phonics Intervention is a foundational skills reading program with phonics intervention lessons that support students performing below grade level.
Based on the latest Science of Reading research, Benchmark Phonics Intervention aligns with the tenets of Structured Literacy, shown to be beneficial for students with dyslexia and other learning disabilities.
Steps to Advance Literacy Solutions
Steps to Advance Literacy Solutions targets the often-overlooked Language Comprehension strands of Scarborough’s Reading Rope, building knowledge and vocabulary while developing reading skills in striving readers.
Connected Solutions for Multilingual Learners
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Asset-Based Access to English
Build Knowledge, Language, and Literacy
Introducing a K-6 English Language Development program to promote language learning. Provide appropriate, differentiated instruction to support Multilingual Learners and support and foster language proficiency. Unit topics align to Benchmark Advance to ensure seamless support for core instruction.
Benchmark Hello!
Survival Skills for Newcomers
Introducing Benchmark Hello!, a groundbreaking program designed for Newcomers. Combining survival skills, English language development, and social-emotional learning, this powerful tool helps recent arrivals gain the experience, proficiency, and confidence to propel their language learning.
Resources
About the Science of Reading
Science of Reading–Informed Curriculum
What Brain Research Says About How We Learn to Read
Five Considerations When Choosing Early Literacy Assessment Tools
Contact
Interested in learning how we can help your district meet the requirements of New Jersey’s new literacy bill? Contact your educational sales consultant today!
LYNN AHLQUIST
LSK Learning Solutions
609-364-9225
Counties
Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester, Mercer, Monmouth, Ocean, and Salem
SHELLEY MURPHY
914-291-5585
shelleymurphy@benchmarkeducation.com
Counties
Bergen, Essex, Hudson, Hunterdon, Middlesex, Morris, Passaic, Somerset, Sussex, Union, Warren