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District reports routine fall i‑Ready results; enrollment steady but homeschool numbers tick up
Summary
Administrators presented i‑Ready beginning‑of‑year assessment overviews for Chandler, Alden and DMS, noted standard fall benchmark results and reported steady district enrollment with 17 homeschool students and 29 out‑of‑district students. Administrators said i‑Ready is one of multiple measures used alongside observations and MCAS.
District staff presented beginning‑of‑year i‑Ready assessment overviews for reading and math at Chandler, Alden and Duxbury Middle School and shared enrollment and homeschool statistics.
Assessment snapshot: The district uses i‑Ready for fall benchmarking in domains including phonological awareness, phonics and reading comprehension, and math domains such as number and operations, algebraic thinking, measurement and geometry. Administrators said fall results showed typical distributions and that geometry was a relative strength for Chandler while measurement and data were strengths at Alden and DMS. Staff cautioned that i‑Ready is one piece of evidence and that teachers’ daily observations, program assessments and MCAS will also inform supports.
Enrollment and homeschooling: The district reported October 1 state report enrollment and said it currently had 29 students placed out of district and 17 students in home‑education programs. Administrators said some homeschoolers are temporarily homeschooled and that the process to approve homeschool plans includes application review, an approval letter and midyear check‑ins; they noted reviewing IEP/service access for homeschooled students on a case‑by‑case basis.
Why it matters: Administrators said i‑Ready results help surface instructional priorities and shape interventions but noted limitations in the software’s reporting for cohort comparisons year to year. Committee members asked for improved longitudinal reporting to assess program and curriculum effects across grades.
Ending note: District staff said they will continue to use multiple measures to calibrate instruction and suggested i‑Ready report capacity could be improved to facilitate year‑over‑year cohort tracking.
