State Research

State Focus Study for Georgia

Overview

  • Subject: Literacy, Mathematics
  • State: Georgia
  • Grades: 3–8
  • Topic: Academic Achievement
  • Study Year: 2021–2022
  • Program: i-Ready Personalized Instruction for Mathematics, i-Ready Personalized Instruction for Reading
  • Test Alignment: Georgia Milestones Assessment System (GMAS)

Published November 2024

How is using i-Ready Personalized Instruction with fidelity associated with state test performance?

In Georgia, across all grades in both reading and mathematics, students who used i-Ready Personalized Instruction with fidelity demonstrated higher state test scores and were more likely to be proficient than students who did not use i-Ready Personalized Instruction with fidelity.

To understand the association between the use of i-Ready Personalized Instruction and performance on the Georgia Milestones Assessment System (GMAS), Curriculum Associates evaluated GMAS scores and proficiency levels for 85,000 students in Grades 3–8 across 10 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.