Study: i-Ready® Meets ESSA Federal Funding Requirements

Study: i-Ready® Meets ESSA Federal Funding Requirements
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A new research study titled “i-Ready Efficacy: Research on i-Ready Program Impact” demonstrates that Curriculum Associates’ K–8 i-Ready Instruction meets the federal funding requirements for the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA). The research places i-Ready as a Level 3 program demonstrating “Promising Evidence.” Schools across the country can use Title I funding to implement the online diagnostic and instructional program as an evidence-based program as defined by ESSA. In addition, this research evidence level allows schools to use school improvement funds to implement i-Ready.

The study, which examined assessment data from more than four million students during the 2016–17 academic year, found that students using i-Ready Instruction with fidelity experienced greater learning gains—39 percent gains for English language arts and 38 percent gains for mathematics—than students who did not use the program.

To learn more about i-Ready, visit www.i-Ready.com. To read the complete research study, visit https://www.curriculumassociates.com/essaresearch.