State Focus Study for Pennsylvania
Overview
- Subject: Literacy, Mathematics
- State: Pennsylvania
- 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: Pennsylvania System of School Assessment (PSSA)
Published January 2025
How is using i-Ready Personalized Instruction with fidelity associated with state test performance?
In Pennsylvania, 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 Pennsylvania System of School Assessment (PSSA), Curriculum Associates evaluated PSSA scores and proficiency levels for 19,544 students in Grades 3–8 across nine 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.