Kershaw County schools to replace MAP testing with i‑Ready, roll out "visible learning" framework

Kershaw County School District officials told the Board of Trustees they will stop districtwide MAP (NWEA) testing and switch to i‑Ready as the district's single formative assessment tool, and begin a phased rollout of a "visible learning" instructional model based on the research of John Hattie.

The district presentation, given to the board during the May meeting, said i‑Ready has been used with intervention students and is already aligned to the district's K–5 math adoption; continuing with i‑Ready for universal formative assessment will eliminate duplicate testing and, the district estimated, save a minimum of 10 days of instruction per year. The presentation also said the district will stop using DreamBox (no longer state funded), Exact Path and Study Island as part of the consolidation.

District staff framed the change as part of a broader effort to improve Tier 1 instruction by building a shared language between…