State Impact Research for Pennsylvania

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 14,488 students 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.