Dear Parents and Guardians,
I am excited to share that our school is using a Math & Reading assessment program called i-Ready. Below, you will find information about the program and how we will be using it in the classroom.
What is i-Ready?
i-Ready is an online program that will help us determine your child’s strengths and areas for growth, personalize their learning, and monitor their progress throughout the school year. i-Ready allows us to meet your child where they are and provides us with data to inform instruction.
The i-Ready Diagnostic is an adaptive assessment that adjusts its questions to suit your child’s needs. Each item a student receives is based on their answer to the previous question. For example, a series of correct answers will result in slightly harder questions, while a series of incorrect answers will yield slightly easier ones. The purpose of this is not to give your child a score or grade but to determine how to best support their learning. If your student asks for help on this assessment, please encourage them to do their best but do not help them with the question/problem.
What can I do to help?
To help prepare your child for the i-Ready Diagnostic, encourage them to:
· Get a good night’s sleep and eat a full breakfast the day of the assessment.
· Try their best on each question and try not to rush.
· Try not to worry about questions they do not know—remind them that it is expected they will only get about half of the questions correct.
· Use paper and pencil to work out math questions.
To support your child’s logging into i-Ready, you can:
K-2 Students
- Turn on iPad
- Open Clever app from home screen (give permission to use camera when it asks)
- Hold Clever badge QR code up in front of front-facing camera
- Clever will take a snapshot, and give green check mark indicating it captured QR code
- It will log in by itself, student name will show up in the upper right corner.
- Now tap i-Ready icon
- Tap “Open” to allow Clever to open i-Ready app & log in
- Choose either Reading or Math to start assessment
3-8 Students
- Turn on iPad
- Open Clever app from home screen
- Tap “Log in with your username and password” at bottom of screen
- Tap “Log in with Google”
- Enter e-mail and press next
- Enter password and press next
- Clever will log in, show student name in upper right
- Now tap i-Ready icon
- Tap “Open” to allow Clever to open i-Ready app & log in
- Choose either Reading or Math to start assessment
Thank you for your continued support and for being a partner in your child’s learning! I look forward to sharing i-Ready information with you throughout the year. If you have any questions about i-Ready, please do not hesitate to contact the school. You can also learn more about i-Ready by visiting http://www.i-
