State Focus Study for Virginia
Overview
- Subject: Literacy, Mathematics
- State: Virginia
- Grades: 3–7
- Topic: Academic Achievement
- Study Year: 2021–2022
- Program: i-Ready Personalized Instruction for Mathematics, i-Ready Personalized Instruction for Reading
- Test Alignment: Standards of Learning (SOL)
Published January 2025
How is using i-Ready Personalized Instruction with fidelity associated with state test performance?
In Virginia, 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 Virginia Standards of Learning (SOL), Curriculum Associates evaluated SOL scores and proficiency levels for 16,919 students in Grades 3–7 across six 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.