State Impact Research for Idaho

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

In Idaho, across Grades 3–5 in reading and Grades 3–8 in mathematics, students who used i-Ready Personalized Instruction with fidelity demonstrated significantly 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 Idaho Standard Achievement Test (ISAT), Curriculum Associates evaluated ISAT scores and proficiency levels for 22,968 students in Grades 3–8. 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.

This study was designed to meet the criteria for ESSA Tier 3 evidence.