LPS Assessment Plan - i-Ready Diagnostic

i-Ready Diagnostic

Analyzing data and planning next steps for instruction are important steps in meeting your students where they are. Recognizing growth, progress toward goals, and areas for improvement closes gaps and increases student achievement.

https://i-readycentral.com/

My students have tested with i-Ready...now what?

The What and the Why of i-Ready Diagnostic

The What? - i-Ready Diagnostic is an online test that students take in class to identify the specific skills each student needs to develop and measure academic growth through the school year. The diagnostic provides students with personalized online instruction and gives teachers guidance on how they can best support the needs of each and every student. Through the diagnostic students and teachers get real-time feedback. i-Ready’s engaging environment draws students in right away and gets students of all ages excited about learning.

The Why? - Administering the i-Ready Diagnostic is the first step toward understanding and supporting student needs, but deep data analysis after the Diagnostic helps educators understand larger trends, identify support areas, and gauge overall progress toward schoolwide or individual goals. i-Ready reports allow you to track student growth as well as plan, monitor, and adjust instruction throughout the school year.

Administering i-Ready Diagnostic

LPS Teachers and Building Leaders are the key to gathering reliable student data from the i-Ready Diagnostic. Organization of classrooms, student preparation for testing, and monitoring of progress toward completion of the i-Ready Diagnostic is important toward having quality student diagnostic data.

After i-Ready Diagnostic Testing

In LPS administering the i-Ready Diagnostic is step one toward understanding and supporting student needs. Collaborative data analysis after the i-Ready Diagnostic helps educators understand trends, identify support areas for tiered instruction, and gauge a students overall progress toward individual goals. i-Ready reports allow you to track student growth as well as plan, monitor, and adjust instruction throughout the school year. Below you will find suggestions on how to review student data and resources to assist in the data process. i-Ready Diagnostic data should be used as a insight toward the improvement of student learning to adjust instruction and find strategies toward student growth.

Dedicate Time

LPS teachers dedicate time to review data individually or through the data team process to strengthen analysis and enhance understanding of next steps for students. Make sure you carve out time to look at, analyze, and discuss data.

Analyze

It is important to approach data with purpose, often guided by specific questions. Always remember that data is not a hammer for accountability but rather a flashlight toward improvement. By framing your analysis around questions such as,

“How are my students performing?”
“What progress did we make as a class or group?”

it becomes easier to make meaning of the data and determine actionable next steps.

Student and Parent Resources

iReady Teacher/Student Center: https://i-readycentral.com/

iReady Family Center: http://i-readycentral.com/familycenter/

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