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What is i-Ready?

i-Ready is an online program for reading and math that helps teacher(s) determine your student’s needs, personalize their learning, and monitor progress throughout the school year. In the Monroe School District, i-Ready is used in grades K-8.

i-Ready consists of two parts:  Diagnostic and Personalized Instruction. The i-Ready Diagnostic is an adaptive assessment that adjusts its questions to suit your student’s needs. i-Ready Personalized Instruction provides students with lessons based on their individual skill level and needs so students can learn at a pace that is just right for them. 

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Importance of the Diagnostic Assessment 

Information from your student’s diagnostic test determines the level of lessons your student receives, and it also helps teachers and schools support your student throughout the year. 

Students in grades 1-8 completed their diagnostic assessments for math and reading remotely from home this year. Students took diagnostics in small groups during school hours so that teachers could provide support and monitor progress. Below are some suggestions about how parents can help their children during diagnostic time.

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How to Support Your Student(s) with the i-Ready Diagnostic at Home

SPRING 2021 UPDATE

For our Spring Assessment window, we will be having students complete their final i-Ready Diagnostic of the year at school. We are hopeful that by completing these at school, we will be able to compare student results to the most recent results from when students were last in school (from January 2020). We will also plan to use these results as we are planning for future supports for students. 

If you have any questions about this, please reach out to the Learning and Teaching Department, at (360) 804-2574. 

FALL 2020 & WINTER 2021 INFORMATION

During the diagnostic, you may be tempted to help your student on the test. We get it—the i-Ready test is hard, and students may ask for help. But this test is not for a grade; the purpose is to identify how teachers and schools can best support your student. Please do not help students answer the questions.

Think of it this way—would you help your child with a vision test?  No, because hints won’t help the eye doctor help your child. With i-Ready, hints on the test now could negatively impact your child’s instruction later.

Before the diagnostic:

1. Make sure your student can access i-Ready. Click here to see instructions.
2. Watch this video, “Family Guidance video for the Diagnostic at Home”: English | Spanish  

3. Read through the family checklist and supporting phrases: English | Spanish | Additional languages

During the diagnostic:

1. Provide a place for students to take the diagnostic away from distractions.
2. Do not help your student. (We want to see how much they know and can do on their own.)

3. Encourage students to do their best, show work on paper, and know that this diagnostic will help teachers learn how to support them.

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Spring 2021 Assessment Window and Schedule

Grades	Diagnostic Window	Subject	Format / Notes
Kindergarten - 8th Grade (All Traditional Schools & MVLA)	May 10 - June 11	ELA & Math	Students will complete their diagnostic assessments at school. Buildings and teachers will be setting schedules for specifics dates/times during this window.

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What Should Students Work on Prior to Completing the Diagnostic Assessment?

Kindergarten

• Students are able to start on i-Ready lessons without completing the diagnostic. 

1st - 5th Grade

• Reading: Find a book for students and have them engage in independent reading time.

• Math: Students can engage in the i-Ready Math learning games before completing the diagnostic.  How to Access Learning Games and Assigned Lessons

6th - 8th Grade

• Reading: Find a book for students and have them engage in independent reading time.
• Math: Students have a few different opportunities to engage with i-Ready math before completing the diagnostic. How to Access Learning Games and Assigned Lessons
  • 6th Grade Learning Games: Hungry Fish, Zoom, Bounce, Match, Pizza and Cupcake. 
  • 7th Grade Learning Games: Hungry Fish, Match, and Cupcake. 

  • 8th Grade Lessons: Understand Algebraic Expressions, Equivalent Expressions & the Distributive Property, Understand Proportional Relationships, Solve Multi-Step Equations (Part 1), & Solving Linear Equations

Zoom! A Guide for Families

Click here to see a full list of tutorials from Zoom on YouTube:  English  | Español