State Focus Study for Iowa
Overview
- Subject: Literacy, Mathematics
- State: Iowa
- 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: Iowa Statewide Assessment of Student Progress (ISASP)
Published January 2025
How is using i-Ready Personalized Instruction with fidelity associated with state test performance?
In Iowa, for reading, students who used i-Ready Personalized Instruction with fidelity demonstrated higher state test scores and were more likely to be proficient in all grades. For mathematics, students who used i-Ready Personalized Instruction with fidelity showed higher state test scores for all grades and were more likely to be proficient in most grades.
To understand the association between the use of i-Ready Personalized Instruction and performance on the Iowa Statewide Assessment of Student Progress (ISASP), Curriculum Associates evaluated ISASP scores and proficiency levels for 18,135 students in Grades 3–8 across 11 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.