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At Curriculum Associates, we’re on a mission to make classrooms better places for teachers and students. i‑Ready updates are extensively researched, tested in classrooms, and built to address your needs. For the 2026–2027 school year, these enhancements are designed to help you teach with confidence, support every learner, and make the most of your instructional time.
See what’s new and explore recent updates to i-Ready.
i-Ready Assessment Updates
- i-Ready Inform is the new name for the adaptive assessment for Reading and Mathematics in school year 2026–2027—the same valid, reliable assessment, now with a new name.
- Help students get back to instruction faster with a shorter i-Ready Inform experience in 2026–2027, featuring fewer items and breaks while maintaining the accuracy educators rely on. The shortened version may not be immediately available for all state uses.
- Literacy Profile reports bring together i-Ready Inform and i-Ready Literacy Tasks data in one view at the class, school, and district level for Grades K–6, helping educators more quickly compare performance on key literacy skills.
- Plan for grade-level Algebra 1 instruction across Grades 6–12 with an expanded Grade-Level Planning (Prerequisites) report that now groups students from mixed-grade classes side by side.
- Plan for advanced math instruction with a Grade-Level Planning (Prerequisites) report that now supports up to two grade levels above a student's chronological grade, including mixed-grade classes grouped side by side.
- Plan for grade-level Algebra 1 instruction for Grade 8 students with a new Algebra 1 experience in the Grade-Level Planning (Prerequisites) report.
- Quickly understand and share a student's English literacy performance with the Student Literacy Profile, a comprehensive report that combines data from i-Ready Literacy Tasks and i-Ready's adaptive assessment.
- Provide students in Grades 6+ with greater visibility into their performance with domain-level assessment results viewable in i-Ready Pro.
- Literacy Profile reports bring together i-Ready Inform (formerly i-Ready Diagnostic) and i-Ready Literacy Tasks data in one view at the class, school, and district level for Grades K–6, helping educators more quickly compare performance on key literacy skills.
- Quickly understand and share a student's literacy performance with the Student Literacy Profile, a comprehensive report that combines data from i-Ready Literacy Tasks and i-Ready's adaptive assessment.
- View assigned tasks and results more easily with a new way to find, filter, and sort Literacy Tasks benchmark assignments by population.
- Spend less time creating benchmark assignments by using the new Literacy Tasks assignment cart to create multiple assignments at once.
- Assign Literacy Tasks more efficiently by assigning benchmark tasks to an entire grade across multiple schools (school/district administrators only).
- Administer tasks with greater ease and confidence using i-Ready Literacy Tasks Teacher Forms redesigned for a better experience.
- Administer Literacy Tasks efficiently with digital markup and automatic scoring—now available for all i-Ready Inform (formerly i-Ready Diagnostic) for Reading customers.
- Identify students who may have rushed through i-Ready Inform de lectura with yellow Rush flags now available for Spanish Reading assessments in Grades K–6, visible in reports and exports.
- Access i-Ready Inform de lectura results for your school or district in one consolidated report.
- Share i-Ready Inform de lectura insights with families using the For Families in the Reports menu.
- Save testing time by configuring Assessment Access settings to manage student access to i-Ready Inform de lectura directly via the “Reading Spanish” subject.
- Provide caregivers direct access to i-Ready Inform de lectura insights through the student dashboard, alongside other For Families reports. Available only in districts where this feature is enabled.
NEW August 2026
- Standards Mastery now offers audio support for assessment items, helping more students access assessment content.
i-Ready Personalized Instruction Updates
NEW August 2026
- Unlock more with XP as Reward Games return for students in Grades 6+ using i-Ready Pro, with easy-to-manage student access in settings.
- Choose when students can access Personalized Instruction—by time of day or day of week—available to district and school leaders.
- Better understand students' Personalized Instruction usage with a new Time-on-Task export and more granular time-on-task ranges in student- and class-level reports.
- Monitor Personalized Instruction usage by language of instruction for Grades K–5—Spanish only, English only, or both.
- Align i-Ready Pro lessons to your state standards directly within the i-Ready platform.
- Maximize summer learning time with targeted Mathematic lessons using the Summer Learning Lesson Playlist, available now for Grades K–5.
- View Personalized Instruction Summary data at the district or school level in i-Ready Pro for Mathematics.
- Celebrate student progress for Grades 6+ as students redeem earned XP (i.e., Experience Points) to personalize their i-Ready Pro student dashboard with customizable color themes.
NEW August 2026
- Unlock more with XP as Reward Games return for students in Grades 6+ using i-Ready Pro, with easy-to-manage student access in settings.
- Choose when students can access Personalized Instruction—by time of day or day of week—available to district and school leaders.
- Better understand students' Personalized Instruction usage with a new Time-on-Task export and more granular time-on-task ranges in student- and class-level reports.
- Monitor Personalized Instruction usage by language of instruction for Grades K–5—Spanish only, English only, or both.
- Titles for i-Ready Pro Elevate Lessons in Comprehension now reflect skill, making it easier to search for and find the right lessons for your students.
- Give students in Grades K–5 a dedicated Spanish Reading experience with a new Lectura subject on the student dashboard, featuring My Path, Teacher-Assigned Lessons, and progress tracking.
- Align i-Ready Pro lessons to your state standards directly within the i-Ready platform.
- Maximize summer learning time with targeted Reading lessons using the Summer Learning Lesson Playlist, available now for Grades K–5.
- View Personalized Instruction Summary data at the district or school level in i-Ready Pro for Reading.
- Celebrate student progress for Grades 6+ as students redeem earned XP (i.e., Experience Points) to personalize their i-Ready Pro student dashboard with customizable color themes.
Mathematics Updates
NEW August 2026
- Unlock accessible eBook versions of your Teacher's Guides and Student Worktexts for i-Ready Classroom Mathematics and Algebra 1 with Teacher Bookshelf.
- Manage eBook access for i-Ready Classroom Mathematics Algebra 1 from one centralized setting.
- Expand Digital Practice to your youngest students with new Grades K and 1 mathematics content, featuring an age-appropriate student experience with simplified navigation, animated characters, and audio support.
- Support bilingual and dual-language classrooms with Spanish-language Digital Practice Sets for Grades K–8 and Algebra 1, featuring Spanish UI and audio when Spanish mathematics instruction is enabled.
- Gain greater insights into individual student's fluency skills with the new Fluency Flight (Student) report.
- Dive deep into student responses in Digital Practice sets with new Student Details in the Class report.
- Simplify review of completed Digital Practice work for students and caregivers with a new Completed Work review mode.
- Deliver targeted practice with the new option to assign Digital Practice sets to individual students in Grades 2–Algebra 1.
- Access embedded Spanish resources directly within the Grade-Level Planning (Prerequisites) report to address student needs for prerequisite skills. Note: Available for i-Ready Classroom Mathematics ©2024 users only.
- Maximize usability for students with accessibility improvements for i-Ready Classroom Mathematics. Learn more on the Accessibility and Accommodations Resource Hub.
- Assess student understanding of concepts covered in i-Ready Classroom Mathematics ©2024 with auto-graded Comprehension Checks in Spanish. Note: Available for i-Ready Classroom Mathematics ©2024 users only.
Literacy Updates
NEW August 2026
- Magnetic Literacy Student Worktext eBooks are now available in Student Bookshelf, bringing an accessible reading experience to Grades K–6.
- Unlock accessible eBook versions of your Teacher's Guides and Student Worktexts for Magnetic Literacy with Teacher Bookshelf.
- Manage eBook access for Magnetic Literacy from one centralized setting.
- Understand student readiness for Magnetic Literacy Grades K–6 instruction with a new, fully custom i-Ready Inform Grade-Level Planning (Scaffolding) report. Using i-Ready Inform data, the report groups students by readiness level and surfaces targeted resources to reteach, reinforce, and advance learning.
- Strengthen word-analysis skills with new spelling lists aligned to lessons. Available via digital access through the Teacher Toolbox.
- Access Google Slides™ on Teacher Toolbox.
Google Slides™ is a distinct brand feature of Google, LLC.
- Provide explicit and systematic phonics intervention for students in Grades 3–12 with an updated edition of Dr. Anita Archer's Phonics for Reading, and deepen your interventions with brand-new digital supports through the Teacher Toolbox. Learn more.
Service Updates
NEW July 2026
- The i-Ready Family Center is a dedicated space for families to learn about their student's i-Ready programs and find resources to support learning at home. Learn more today!
- Easily find all support resources in one place on i-Ready Success Central—including i-Ready Inform (formerly i-Ready Diagnostic), i-Ready Personalized Instruction, Magnetic Comprehension, Ready Mathematics, and i-Ready Classroom Mathematics resources. Resources will be tailored to your specific implementation, with improved search tools to help you find what you need faster.
- Streamline learning with an improved Online Educator Learning experience that leverages smart course recommendations, clearly sequenced learning paths, live session attendance data, and administrator tools for course assignment and progress monitoring.