The DPI Criterion-Referenced Pre-Reading Screening Test is to be used as one means of identifying some strengths and weaknesses in certain areas of pre-reading skills. It is intended to be used as a screening instrument for beginning first graders. The areas of pre-reading skills to be screened are (1) auditory perception, (2) letter knowledge, (3) perceptual motor, (4) sentence meaning, (5) visual perception, (6) word meaning, and (7) word recognition. The test is to be given under the direction of a fully certified teacher who has studied the test and understands the directions. For valid results, the test should be administered in groups of 5 or less. (Author/BJG)