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Administrators report marked gains on I-Ready assessments; district attributes results to targeted instruction
Summary
An administrator presented I-Ready assessment results showing reading proficiency rising from 29% to 71% (246 students assessed) and math proficiency rising from 9% to 55%, with reductions in students needing tiered interventions; administrators credited targeted phonics instruction and data-driven teaching.
An administrator (speaker 4) reported substantial year‑over‑year gains on I‑Ready diagnostic measures during the board meeting, citing districtwide assessment results and crediting instructional changes.
According to the administrator, 246 students were assessed. Reading proficiency moved from 29% at the beginning of the year to 71% at the end of the year; kindergarten reading rose from 17% to 95%. The administrator said students needing extra support fell—'we had 56 percent needing a little bit of help... for reading, we've moved from 56 to 22 percent'—and the most intensive tier (tier 3) dropped from 15% to 7%. In math the administrator reported growth from 9% proficient to 55% proficient, and tier 3 in math fell from 20% to 3%.
The administrator attributed gains to the district's shift to 'science in reading' with direct, explicit phonics instruction and to teachers using real‑time data to guide instruction. The administrator said a link to the full data will be put into the board update for trustees who want to dig deeper.
