Case Study

Troy City Schools: Speaking the Same (Math) Language

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Line graph showing the percentage of Troy City Schools students scoring proficient or above on the Ohio State Test in math, 2022 to 2026. All four grades rose: Grade 3 from 70.1% to 75.6%, Grade 4 from 73.3% to 80.2%, Grade 5 from 65% to 75%, and Grade 6 from 58.1% to 64.2%.

Well Above Ohio’s Average in Math, and Rising

Troy City Schools’ math scores keep climbing, with proficiency on the OST up in every tested grade since 2022.

Overview

Shared Instructional Language Helps Drive Math Gains

Troy City Schools adopted i-Ready Classroom Mathematics across Grades K–6 in 2021–2022, pairing it with professional learning and i-Ready Inform (formerly i-Ready Diagnostic) to build a shared instructional language. With daily teacher collaboration time and weekly data-informed planning, math proficiency has continued to rise across all tested grades.

District:Troy City Schools
Subject:Mathematics
Grade:K–6
Topic:Academic Achievement, Differentiating Instruction, Implementation and Practice, Core Math

Testimonials

“With i-Ready Classroom Mathematics, we’re all talking the same language . . . and when you all talk the same language, you get that collective efficacy going through the teachers. They know that they can do it, they know that the kids can do it, and the expectation is so much higher.”

— Danielle Romine, Director of Elementary Teaching and Learning

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