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Hardin County Schools credits foundational numeracy work and I‑Ready with recent gains in early-grade assessments
Summary
District leaders and elementary principals told the school board the district’s multi-year foundational numeracy work plus wider use of the I‑Ready curriculum produced measurable increases in classroom alignment, reasoning opportunities and early-on-grade-level scores in reading and math.
Hardin County Schools told the board Tuesday evening that coordinated foundational numeracy training and implementation of the I‑Ready classroom materials boosted district assessment results and classroom practices.
District staff reported early-on-grade-level reading and math scores that outperformed state and national comparisons: reading at 62% (state 57%, national 52%) and math at 54% (state 50%, national 49%). The academic lead presenting the data said those figures are based on the district’s three-times‑a‑year diagnostic testing program and are intended to guide targeted instruction.
Brooke Custis, principal of Creekside, described the district’s foundational numeracy…
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