Common Uses for i-Ready Assessment: Resources for Assessment Leaders

Using i-Ready to Meet State Screening Requirements

i-Ready can address many states' screening requirements for universal screening, dyslexia screening, and screening for significant reading difficulties. State-specific guidance is included where appropriate.

Feature Overview: Early Literacy and Dyslexia Screening for Grades K–3

Learn about Screening: Early Literacy and Dyslexia Screening for Grades K–3

Video: Early Literacy and Dyslexia Screening for Grades K–3

Comprehensive Screening Guidance: Early Literacy and Dyslexia Screening for Grades K–3

Teacher Quickstart Guidance: Early Literacy and Dyslexia Screening for Grades K–3

Screener Export FAQ: Early Literacy and Dyslexia Screening for Grades K–3

Comprehensive Screening Guidance: Universal Literacy Screening for Grades 4–8

The i-Ready Diagnostic for Reading and i-Ready Literacy Tasks can be used to screen students in Grades 4–8 for reading difficulties, which may include dyslexia.

Teacher Quickstart Guidance: Universal Literacy Screening for Grades 4–8

The i-Ready Diagnostic for Reading and i-Ready Literacy Tasks can be used to screen students in Grades 4–8 for reading difficulties, which may include dyslexia.

Progress Monitoring with i-Ready Assessment

i-Ready offers a variety of progress monitoring options for educators to customize interventions and evaluate student progress.

Teacher Quickstart Guidance: Progress Monitoring

i-Ready offers a variety of progress monitoring options for educators to customize interventions and evaluate student progress.

Validity Evidence for the Early Literacy Screener: Correlation to DIBELS® 8

This brief provides validity evidence for the i-Ready Early Literacy Screener and the Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills, 8th Edition (DIBELS 8).

Scoring Impact Brief

This brief provides details around the implications of Pseudoword Decoding—Fluency and dyslexia scoring changes for the 2025–2026 school year.

Early Literacy Screening in Spanish for Grades K–3

The i-Ready Evaluación Diagnóstica de lectura en español and Pruebas de lectoescritura/Literacy Tasks in Spanish offer a comprehensive solution for conducting early literacy screening in Spanish.

Identifying Students with Significant Reading Difficulties

Data from the i-Ready Diagnostic for Reading can be used with cut scores from the i-Ready Reading Difficulty Indicator to determine which students in Grades K–8 exhibit a reading difficulty.

Identifying Students with Significant Mathematics Difficulties

The i-Ready Mathematics Difficulty Indicator (iMDI) is a series of cut scores that indicate mathematics difficulties. Data from the i-Ready Diagnostic for Mathematics and the iMDI can be used to determine if further investigation into dyscalculia is warranted for individual students.

Evaluation of Algebra Readiness

Success in Algebra 1 can determine access to advanced mathematics and the demands of college and careers in many fields. Data from i-Ready Diagnostic can be used to inform decisions about a student’s readiness for Algebra 1. For students who are still preparing, our reports show what sort of support is needed.

Advanced Placement (AP) Readiness

This document provides guidance on using i-Ready Diagnostic Grade 8 student data to identify students who may be prepared for AP Mathematics and Literature and Composition courses. Curriculum Associates researchers do not currently have any similar information about other grades or courses.

Determination for Acceleration to Algebra 1

This document provides guidance for using i-Ready Diagnostic for Grades 5–7 in a general mathematics acceleration determination. We define acceleration as the compression of curriculum required for students to take high school mathematics courses (typically Algebra 1 and/or Integrated Mathematics 1) in middle school.