All PMMS students will take the Student Knowledge Inventory (SKI), the Reading Inventory (RI), and the Mathematics Inventory (MI) throughout the first month of school. These assessments help our teachers plan for lessons that reach students where they are in their learning. If you have any specific questions about these assessments and their purpose, please feel free to email our PMMS Universal Screeners Coordinator, Jade Ivey, or our testing coordinator, Carrie Porter.  

The Student Knowledge Inventory, or SKI, assessment is designed to determine a student’s mastery of both Language Arts and Mathematics standards from his or her previous grade level. Each test is around 25-30 questions in length. This data will help teachers prepare remediation as well as enrichment activities for students so that previously taught standards can be reviewed or enhanced during this school year. The Reading Inventory (RI) is a computer-adaptive screener that Cobb County School District uses to provide immediate, actionable data on students’ reading levels and growth from kindergarten to 9th grade. Cobb County School District screens all students in Grades K-9 three times per school year to assist teachers with monitoring growth and personalizing instruction. The Reading Inventory reports a Lexile score after each screening. The Mathematics Inventory, or MI, assessment is also administered to all students in grades K-9 three times each year. The MI is a research-based, adaptive diagnostic assessment designed to measure math readiness progression from kindergarten through Algebra II. For more information regarding the Reading Inventory, please see the attached documents.