Common Uses for i-Ready Assessment: Resources for Assessment Leaders
i-Ready Assessment can be used to address a number of different district assessment goals and requirements. This single program provides data across multiple domains to help educators make informed decisions about their students.
Literacy and Dyslexia Screening
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Identifying Students with Significant Difficulties
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.
Addressing Dyscalculia Screening Requirements
This document provides insight into how i-Ready Assessment can be used to screen students for risk factors for dyscalculia.
English Learner Reclassification
English Learner Reclassification Guidance
i-Ready Diagnostic data can be used as one of multiple measures to determine if students are sufficiently proficient in reading the English language to participate effectively in a curriculum designed for students whose native language is English.
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.
Literacy Screening in Spanish for Grades 4–6
The i-Ready Evaluación Diagnóstica de lectura en español and Pruebas de lectoescritura/Literacy Tasks in Spanish offer a comprehensive solution for conducting literacy screening in Spanish.
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.
Algebra Readiness in NY, OH, SC, and TN
Curriculum Associates conducted a large-scale study on the relationship between the i-Ready Diagnostic for Mathematics and Algebra 1 End-of-Course tests for Grades 8 and 9 in NY, OH, SC and TN and found that they are highly correlated.
Gifted and Talented Identification
i-Ready can be used in the referral of students to a Gifted Education identification process. Evidence from i-Ready can inform a planning and placement team in making a Gifted Education determination.
Making Retention Decisions
This assessment brief outlines some of the key considerations for using the results and recommendations from i-Ready Diagnostic among the factors in determining if a student should be retained in their grade.
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