Why doesnt the TPRI recommend that teachers administer all of PA and GK inventory tasks to all students?
Students may skip all or some of the PA and GK portions of the inventory for two reasons. • Students who score Developed (D) on the screening are not required to take the PA and GK portions of the inventory. Students who score D on the screening are likely to be receptive to the effective PA and GK instruction offered to all students in a classroom. They likely won’t require differentiated or intensive instruction in these areas in order to be successful as readers. Consequently, administering the PA and GK tasks may not be the best use of instructional time with these students since these scores are not needed to guide targeted instruction. If the PA and GK tasks were administered with these students, the information gained might be both interesting and useful, but it probably wouldn’t be essential. Therefore, it may not be worth sacrificing instructional time in order gather these scores. • Students who score SD on an easier PA or GK task will not progress to a more difficult task. T
