i-Ready Personalized Instruction Improves Post-COVID Recovery

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Overview

Published: August 2024

Recently, Curriculum Associates conducted a large-scale longitudinal study to examine if student academic growth is recovering or mirroring pre-COVID trends. This brief report builds on that research and examines student growth among students using i-Ready Personalized Instruction as recommended.

It found that growth among i-Ready Personalized Instruction fidelity users was higher than post-pandemic national averages across all cohorts. Growth in reading kept pace with or exceeded historical growth. Using i-Ready Personalized Instruction as recommended appeared to support post-COVID recovery for younger students and students below grade level. These were some of the nation’s most impacted students according to national trends.

Program:i-Ready Personalized Instruction for Mathematics, i-Ready Personalized Instruction for Reading
Subject:Literacy, Mathematics
Grades:K–6
Study Year:2021–2024

Meet the Authors

Kelsey Young

Kelsey Young, Ph.D., leads the Research Insights and Analytics team at Curriculum Associates, evaluating national trends in student achievement. Previously, Young served as a consultant for the Colorado Department of Education and as a researcher at two other edtech companies. Young graduated with a B.S. in Child Psychology and a Ph.D. in Educational Psychology, both from the University of Minnesota. While there, Young's research focused on identifying and supporting students with disabilities.

Ethan Young

Ethan Young, Ph.D., is a research scientist at Curriculum Associates. He specializes in analyzing longitudinal data to uncover national trends in student learning. He received his Ph.D. in Developmental and Cognitive Psychology from the University of Minnesota. Before Curriculum Associates, Young was a postdoctoral researcher at Utrecht University in the Netherlands, examining how people develop cognitive skills in the face of childhood adversity.