TPRI®

How can K–3 teachers identify struggling readers early, deliver data-informed instruction targeted to students’ needs, and make sure their interventions are really working? Now there’s a simple answer: TPRI®, the research-based system that helps teachers teach and helps ensure that students make real reading progress.

Shaped by the feedback of thousands of educators and used successfully in more than 75,000 classrooms across the country, TPRI® solves key challenges for everyone:

teachers are empowered with everything they need to link assessment data with targeted interventions and solve their students’ reading problems.
students who may be at risk for reading failure get individualized help before problems escalate.
schools get a detailed overview on every student and classroom, so they’ll have the accurate data they need to make critical decisions about instruction and professional development.

TPRI® and Tejas LEE® are registered trademarks of The Texas Education Agency. Monitoreo del progreso para lectores emergentes™ is a trademark of The University of Texas System and The University of Houston System. Progress Monitoring for Beginning Readers™ and Monitoreo del progreso para lectores principiantes™ is a trademark of The Texas Education Agency.

Step 1

Administer the screening section to your students. (Classroom teachers should administer TPRI to their own students; if there are multiple teachers, the teacher most responsible for reading instruction should administer TPRI)

Step 2

Once you identify children who may be at risk, conduct a more in-depth assessment of struggling students’ skills in key areas

Step 3

Target instruction to your students’ needs with the Intervention Activities Guide, which gives you hundreds of activities linked to the reading skills assessed with TPRI

Step 4

With the brief, effective progress monitoring assessments, monitor student progress and make any necessary adjustments to their instruction

Step 5

Administer TPRI at the beginning, middle, and end of the school year to catch reading problems before they become chronic—and help all your students make real reading progress!

At a glance

Who is TPRI® for?

K–3 students receiving primary reading instruction in English

What does it assess?

TPRI® assesses student progress in critical reading domains, including phonemic awareness, graphophonemic knowledge, word reading, comprehension, accuracy, and fluency.

What are the steps of TPRI®?

There are 4 steps: screen, diagnose, intervene, and monitor progress

How long does it take per student?

Approximately 10-30 minutes in kindergarten, 10-45 minutes in Grade 1, and 10-15 minutes in Grades 2 & 3

Who’s using TPRI®?

More than 75,000 classrooms nationwide have successfully used TPRI®.

Does TPRI® align with the new Common Core State Standards?

TPRI® helps teachers assess and improve the foundational skills for reading identified by the Common Core State Standards Initiative, including print concepts, phonological awareness, word recognition, and fluency.

Does it fit with response to intervention?

Yes—TPRI® perfectly complements your RTI efforts. It was specifically developed to help teachers target and differentiate instruction.

Can TPRI® be used with my current reading curriculum?

Yes. Because TPRI® targets all of the foundational reading concepts and skills, it can work successfully within any reading curriculum.