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Chief academic officer explains I Ready math diagnostic and how results will guide classroom interventions

Buffalo City School District Board of Education · April 2, 2026
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Summary

Ann Badelli, the district's chief academic officer, detailed the I Ready math diagnostic: adaptive scoring (1–800), domain breakdown, and how the system produces 'typical' and 'stretch' growth targets used to group students for targeted instruction and RTI.

Ann Badelli, Chief Academic Officer, told the board the I Ready diagnostic is intended primarily to produce actionable instructional recommendations for teachers. She described the assessment as adaptive and administered K–8 in math, producing scale scores on a 1–800 range and four domain subscales (numbers & operations, algebra/alg. thinking, measurement & data, geometry).

Badelli distinguished 'typical' growth (what a student at a given placement would normally gain…

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