i-Ready Online Instructional Usage Trends in New York City

Here's What's Happening in New York City

Early distance-learning data provides a window into the persistent equity gap and low-income students’ appetite for digital learning opportunities.

A Comparison of K–8 i-Ready Instructional Usage Pre- and Post-School Closures

Graph showing i-Ready usage before and during school closures.

Figure 1: Across the country, i-Ready usage dropped significantly in Week 1 of school closures. Since then, usage has shown some recovery. In New York City, usage has shown more recovery than we’ve seen nationally.

A Comparison of K–8 i-Ready Instructional Usage Pre- and Post-School Closures by Median Income

Graph showing i-Ready usage before and during school closures in different income brackets.

Figure 2: In Week 1 of school closures, students from low-income zip codes saw a much larger drop in usage than their peers in high-income zip codes. By Week 6, usage has shown some recovery, but the gaps persist among zip codes. In New York City, the gaps are smaller than we’ve seen nationally.

Average Time Spent per Week in K–8 i-Ready by Median Income

Graph showing weekly time spent in i-Ready before and during school closures.

Figure 3: When New York City students from low-income zip codes get access, they spend a similar amount of time in i-Ready as their peers from higher-income zip codes.