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August 16 - Check out these iReady Updates!
Great news MTSS Families! AIM Students have recently completed the i-Ready Diagnostic and are now set to start i-Ready Personalized Instruction. These personalized lessons are designed to support each student's learning journey based on their diagnostic results.
What is iReady?
i-Ready is an online program for reading and/or mathematics that will help your student's teacher(s) determine your student's opportunities for growth, personalize their learning, and monitor their progress throughout the school year.
i-Ready allows your teacher(s) to meet your student exactly where they are and provides data to increase your student's learning gains. i-Ready consists of two parts:
The i-Ready Diagnostic
An adaptive assessment that adjusts its questions to suit your student’s instructional priorities. Each item a student sees is individualized based on their answer to the previous question. For example, a series of correct answers will result in slightly harder questions, while a series of incorrect answers will yield slightly easier questions.
The i-Ready Personalized Instruction
Provides students with lessons based on their individual skill level and opportunities for improvement, so your student can learn at a pace that is just right for them. These lessons are fun and interactive to keep your student engaged as they learn.
How do I log in?
From a Computer:
- If your student's district/school:
- Uses a portal, your student should log in using their district’s/school’s portal credentials and then click on the i-Ready icon
- Does NOT use a portal, your student should visit i-ReadyConnect.com and log in to i-Ready directly on a computer using the credentials provided by their teacher(s)
Access the Technical and Troubleshooting Guide for Families or visit i-Ready.com/Support to confirm that your device and internet connection meet i-Ready System Requirements.
On an iPad®:
• Download the free i-Ready ConnectTM for Students app from the App Store®. For the 2023–2024 school year, iPad must be compatible with iPadOS® 15.1 or above, such as the iPad Air® 2, iPad Air 3 (2019), iPad 5th Generation (2017), or iPad Pro®. For more information, please see the i-Ready Connect System Requirements.
- If your student’s district/school:
- Uses Clever®, download the Clever app, log in using their district’s/school’s portal credentials, and click on the i-Ready icon.
- Uses a portal that is NOT Clever, students should open the Safari® browser, enter their district’s/ school’s portal URL and log in, and click on the i-Ready icon.
- Does not use a portal, they should open the i-Ready Connect for Students app and log in to i-Ready using the credentials provided by their teacher(s).
How do I get my student started?
If your student’s school has advised what they should work on, follow this guidance to keep your student’s learning aligned with the current curriculum. Within the i-Ready program, your student will be able to select:
1. Reading or Mathematics Lessons: Note that some schools will have purchased just one subject, in which case your student will only see that option on their screen.
2. My Path Lessons or Teacher-Assigned Lessons: My Path lessons are assigned to your student based on their latest results on the i-Ready Diagnostic. Note that Teacher-Assigned Lessons will only appear as a choice on the screen if a teacher has manually assigned lessons.
3. Learning Games: These games help your student build mathematics skills in fun ways. To access the games, your student will need to choose Math in the upper left-hand corner of the To Do screen and then click on Learning Games in the bottom navigation bar. Note that Learning Games are available to students if the school is using i-Ready Personalized Instruction for Mathematics and has enabled the use of the games for students.
Where can my student and I see the progress being made?
You and your student can monitor progress by clicking on My Progress in the bottom navigation bar.
On the My Progress page, you will be able to see:
1. Time-On-Task: The number of minutes your student has spent this week (Monday–Sunday) on i-Ready Personalized Instruction
2. Lessons Passed: The total number of lessons your student has passed this school year
3. Lesson Streak: How many lessons your student has passed in a row
4. Completed Work: The name and quiz score for each lesson your student has taken
Tips and Tools
For Supporting Your Student
Explain
Explain to your student how working on i-Ready will help their teacher(s) figure out what to teach them and how to better support them while also helping them focus their learning on exactly what they need.
Make a Plan
Make a plan with your student for how to spend their time at home and when they will work on their learning activities. It can be helpful to put the plan in writing and post it somewhere visible. As you make the plan, follow any guidance you received from your student’s teacher(s) on what they should work on.
Share
Share the experience with your student. Both of you can become familiar with the different parts of the student dashboard, and you can learn with your student as they complete a lesson.
Track and Discuss Progress
Regularly review progress with your student using the My Progress page. Please ask your student’s teacher(s) for guidance on how many minutes they should spend on lessons each week, as schools have discretion on what they assign. Our recommendation is that your student should aim for 45 minutes of i-Ready Personalized Instruction per subject per week while passing at least 70 percent of lessons.
Celebrate
Celebrate your student’s progress. Celebrating milestones, such as passing a lesson or reaching a specific goal, can help keep your student motivated. You can share celebrations with the rest of the family and even decide on a fun activity as a reward. You can use these data trackers as you and your student discuss and keep track of progress.
Follow the Teacher's Guidance
Follow the teacher’s guidance as you plan how your student will spend their learning time. Your student’s teacher is your best resource for ensuring there is variety in the activities your student works on beyond the time they spend on online learning.
