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Ames CSD reports strong first-year results after K–8 i‑Ready math rollout; board asks for disaggregated data
Summary
District staff told the Ames Community School District board that year-one implementation of a new K–8 math curriculum using i‑Ready shows higher achievement and growth versus national and state norms, and the board requested disaggregated and follow-up growth data for some anomalous cells.
The Ames Community School District on Thursday reported what district staff called encouraging early results from the first year of a K–8 math curriculum rollout using i‑Ready assessments.
Associate Superintendent Dr. Hawkins told the board the district’s midyear i‑Ready dataset included 2,866 students and showed that “the number of students at mid or above grade level far exceeds both the national and state average.” Hawkins said students one or more grade levels below the benchmark were “significantly less” than state and national norms and that many grade-domain comparisons exceeded national norms by five percentage points or more.
Hawkins said the district’s data also show growth above national norms in many grade levels and domains. “When the achievement of a…
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