New i-Ready Updates Help Teachers Support All Students In Reaching Ambitious Goals

New enhancements to Curriculum Associates’ award-winning program will be available for the 2021-2022 school year

Curriculum Associates has updated its award-winning i-Ready program to help educators address unfinished learning and continue to deliver engaging instruction as students work to meet ambitious goals this upcoming school year. The updates are designed to provide educators with deeper insights into students’ learning, engage students in grade-level work, motivate students with new instruction, ensure students are on track for reading success, support Spanish-speaking students, and more.

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“Over the last 10 years, i-Ready has supported the teaching and learning process in schools nationwide,” said Rob Waldron, CEO of Curriculum Associates. “Throughout this time, we have continually worked to enhance the program to meet the needs of teachers and students alike. Now, at this critical time as teachers are tasked with addressing unfinished learning caused by the pandemic, these latest updates will go a long way in helping students achieve grade-level expectations and make real gains.”

A number of the new i-Ready tools were designed to provide teachers with a more precise understanding of students’ instructional needs. These include teacher-assigned Standards Mastery which allows teachers to measure students’ understanding of grade-level standards and get instructional supports to address next steps. The addition of 5-Level Placements by domain allows educators to better understand the level of support students need in a specific domain and more easily see progress throughout the year. Improved demographic data filters help administrators better understand the impact of unfinished learning on different student groups.

Teachers will have resources to prepare students for grade-level work in reading and mathematics with enhancements to Tools for Scaffolding and the Prerequisites report. Adaptive phonics lessons for Grades K–2 and new reading comprehension lessons for Grades 3–8 were also added to help students build their skills and engage in productive struggle. All these materials are built with equity in mind and feature expanded representation so students see themselves reflected in what they’re learning. Additionally, i-Ready offers a new way for students to engage in learning fractions with the ability for teachers and students to create their own puzzles in the popular Cloud Machine Learning Game.

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More than 200 new literacy tasks will help teachers measure student progress toward reaching grade-level expectations and meeting state screening requirements. This includes expanded benchmark assessments and new Oral Reading Fluency progress monitoring for Grades 1–6, as well as new Early Reading Tasks to assess phonological awareness, phonics, and other concepts to support teaching and help address state screening requirements.

To support Spanish-speaking students in dual-language or transitional-bilingual programs, i-Ready will feature a new Spanish reading assessment for Grades K–6 that connects to high-quality instructional resources. Authentic Spanish reading lessons for Grades K–2, covering phonics, phonological awareness, and reading comprehension, will help students build Spanish literacy. New Spanish versions of many mathematics Personalized Instruction lessons for Grades K–6 will offer equitable learning experiences.

A number of new functionalities—including the ability to assign Teacher Toolbox resources to Google Classroom in fewer steps, the ability for teachers to batch print reports for all students, and more—will save time for teachers. Targeted professional development options and updates to the Online Educator Learning platform will additionally help teachers address unfinished learning and get the most out of i-Ready.

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