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Rochester presenters recommend phased adoption of i-Ready math and StudySync ELA
Summary
At the May 13 Rochester City School District board meeting, staff recommended a phased rollout of i-Ready mathematics (15 schools in phase 1) and StudySync for ELA after pilot reviews; board members pressed for comparative data, budget clarity and parent access to materials before a May 22 vote.
The Rochester City School District on May 13 presented a recommended curriculum adoption plan that would phase in the i-Ready mathematics curriculum in 15 elementary schools this fall and replace ELA materials with StudySync after a multi-stage pilot and review.
District curriculum staff said the math adoption emphasizes conceptual instruction and student discourse over solely computational skills. "The same principles that you use, that you used to call in the old days engineering by design that nowadays we call inquiry ... So the difference is that you're looking at conceptual math versus computational math," one presenter said during the overview.
The presentation said 15 schools will begin phase 1 of the math adoption, with the 15 pilot schools serving as model classrooms and "turnkey" resource centers for later cohorts. Staff described a…
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