State Impact Research for Wisconsin

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

In Wisconsin, for reading, students who used i-Ready Personalized Instruction with fidelity demonstrated higher state test scores and were more likely to be proficient in some grades. For mathematics, fidelity users 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 Wisconsin Forward Exam (WI Forward), Curriculum Associates evaluated WI Forward scores and proficiency levels for 9,203 students in Grades 3–8 across 17 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.