i-Ready strives to help every learner access grade-level work and ultimately succeed at grade level. By providing high-quality, engaging, culturally relevant, and anti-racist content along with assessment tools for setting high expectations, i-Ready can help schools create a learning environment in which every student succeeds.
Our assessment and instructional products are grounded in research and designed by experts to deliver rigorous instruction and comprehensive support to help students at all levels from all backgrounds. Every program we create starts with an extensive research base and is followed by a continual cycle of research, review, and improvement. i-Ready Personalized Instruction has been studied by numerous third-party and independent organizations, as well as Curriculum Associates’ own Research team, in partnership with educators throughout the country. This growing body of research demonstrates how i-Ready Personalized Instruction improves the reading and mathematics skills of students across the country in Grades K–8.
i-Ready works by supporting students and teachers all year long with assessments and instruction. The first Diagnostic of the school year assists teachers in charting a course for their instruction and drives i-Ready Personalized Instruction paths for each student. A midyear and end-of-year Diagnostic helps students and teachers measure growth and have constructive data chats about progress and goals. Teacher-led and personalized instruction continue throughout the year, addressing class and individual needs, while i-Ready Standards Mastery helps teachers determine students’ mastery of grade-level standards. See i-Ready in action in classrooms, and take a tour to learn more.
The i-Ready Diagnostic is a test designed to help teachers support each student and create a path of personalized instruction for every learner. The adaptive test adjusts its questions to suit each student’s needs. Each item a student sees is individualized based on their answer to the previous question. For example, a series of correct answers will result in slightly harder questions, while a series of incorrect answers will yield slightly easier questions. Students will find the test difficult, but that is OK. Think of it like a vision test: the blurry letters and incorrect answers help the eye doctor find the correct glasses for you. The i-Ready Diagnostic gets harder until a student answers an item incorrectly and then narrows in on exactly where a student needs support. Learn more about how i-Ready works.
No. The i-Ready test and i-Ready Personalized Instruction are both grounded in research and proven to work. The i-Ready test supports educators by accurately evaluating students so teachers can provide the individualized instruction needed to help with student achievement. No dangerous or adverse side effects of the i-Ready testing tools have been found. Research on the impact of i-Ready shows that it has a positive effect on elementary and middle school students’ reading and math achievement, including students with disabilities, English Learners, students with socioeconomic disadvantages, and students of color.
No, i-Ready is not a waste of time. The i-Ready Diagnostic provides valuable information to teachers, including sophisticated data and actionable insights to help them address students’ individual needs and support meaningful progress. We know classroom learning time is precious, and we believe technology use should be reserved for high-quality, engaging, and productive learning experiences that are proven to help students grow. We conduct rigorous research to understand the relationship between time spent in i-Ready and student growth. This insight informs the research-backed guidance we offer schools about the amount of time students should spend using the program to get the greatest gains and avoid overuse.
The purpose of i-Ready is to provide personalized instruction and support the needs of all learners. i-Ready supports teachers as they plan instruction, set goals with students, and assess learner progress. The i-Ready Diagnostic test is designed to help educators by providing meaningful data about the instructional needs of their students and connecting them to i-Ready math and reading instruction that is proven to raise student achievement.