State Focus Study for Alaska
Overview
- Subject: Literacy, Mathematics
- State: Alaska
- Grades: 3–8
- Topic: Academic Achievement
- Study Year: 2022–2023
- Program: i-Ready Personalized Instruction for Mathematics, i-Ready Personalized Instruction for Reading
- Test Alignment: Alaska System of Academic Readiness (AKSTAR)
Published January 2025
How is using i-Ready Personalized Instruction with fidelity associated with state test performance?
In Alaska, for reading, students who used i-Ready Personalized Instruction with fidelity demonstrated higher state test scores for most grades and were more likely to be proficient in some grades. For mathematics, fidelity users showed higher state test scores and were more likely to be proficient in all grades.
To understand the association between the use of i-Ready Personalized Instruction and performance on the Alaska System of Academic Readiness (AKSTAR), Curriculum Associates evaluated AKSTAR scores and proficiency levels for 24,985 students in Grades 3–8 across four school districts. These analyses examined the difference in state scores and proficiency rates between students who used i-Ready Personalized Instruction with fidelity and students using the program less consistently, accounting for fall performance.