State Focus Study for New York
Overview
- Subject: Literacy, Mathematics
- State: New York
- 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: New York State Testing Program (NYSTP)
Published December 2024
How is using i-Ready Personalized Instruction with fidelity associated with state test performance?
In New York, for reading, students who used i-Ready Personalized Instruction with fidelity demonstrated higher state test scores and were more likely to be proficient in most grades. For mathematics, students who used i-Ready Personalized Instruction with fidelity 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 New York State Testing Program (NYSTP), Curriculum Associates evaluated NYSTP scores and proficiency levels for 37,084 students in Grades 3–8 across 26 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.