i-Ready - ELA

i-Ready is a system that provides assessments to identify strengths and weaknesses of students in grades K-8. i-Ready offers a Diagnostic test that adapts to student responses and measures skills that fall below and above the student's grade level. The Standards Mastery test assesses grade level standards and helps educators measure and monitor growth for each student.

Content

Sub-Category
Domains
Language,
Writing,
Reading
Subdomain

Phonological awareness; Phonics; Vocabulary; Literature and Informational Text Comprehension; High-Frequency Words 

Grades
Kindergarten,
1st Grade,
2nd Grade,
3rd Grade,
4th Grade,
5th Grade,
6th Grade,
7th Grade,
8th Grade
Languages
English
Respondent
Student

Administration Information

Length
Diagnostic K-1: two-three 10-15 minutes periods per subject; Diagnostic Grades 2 and above: two 45 minute periods per subject
Administration
Computer

Access and Use

Price

$6 per student subscription, must purchase a minimum of 150 student licenses. 

Contact

800-225-0248

Open Access
No
Use in Research

Savage, C. (2022). Considerations for use of early grades reading assessments. EdInstruments Brief, Annenberg Institute for School Reform, Brown University. https://edinstruments.org/resources/early-grades-reading-assessments 

Schmitt, A. M., Horner, S. L., & Lavery, M. R. (2020). The impact of summer programs on the English language scores of migrant children. Literacy Research and Instruction59(1), 78-93. https://doi.org/10.1080/19388071.2019.1687794

Psychometrics

Scoring
Computer scoring
Referencing
Criterion-referenced
National Comparison
Yes

Psychometric Considerations

Psychometrics is the science of psychological assessment. A primary goal of EdInstruments is to provide information on crucial psychometric topics including Validity and Reliability – essential concepts of evaluation, which indicate how well an instrument measures a construct - as well as additional properties that are worthy of consideration when selecting an instrument of measurement.

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