i-Ready Frequently Asked Questions
Why am I not seeing all my students in my roster? How can I get them added?
Currently, all i-Ready students are added one at a time. Contact your building tech to help get your students added to your roster.
How do I reassign the Diagnostic?
If a student's diagnostic is still in progress and you need them to start over (i.e., they rushed) click here for directions on how to Reset a Diagnostic. If a student has completed the diagnostic but needs to take it again,
click here for directions oh how to Reassign a Diagnostic.
How do I check the status of my students when taking the Diagnostic?
Click here for directions on how to view Diagnostic Assessment Status.
How long do students have to complete the Diagnostic, once started?
Students have 21 calendar days from the day they start to complete the Diagnostic before it expires. If a student's Diagnostic expires, he or she will need to start again from the beginning.
How do I print reports with a custom date range?
Custom Date Range.jpg is a visual of how to run a report for any date range, including students who completed the test outside of the date window.
Are there resources available to help communicate with families about i-Ready?
How do I set a lower developmental grade level for a student?
Some students who are below grade level expectations may benefit from starting the Diagnostic with questions at a lower level. The Diagnostic will still adapt to their responses, but the first questions they see will be easier. Click the
i-Ready Tip Sheet - Setting Developmental Levels.pdf for directions on S
etting the Developmental Level in i-Ready.
Can I monitor my students' progress between diagnostic assessments?
You can assign a Growth Monitoring assessment. These are shorter reading and math tests which could be used to check on the impact of interventions or get a quicker status check on a student or a class.
Click here for more information.
Why is the diagnostic taking such a long time for my students and why are some questions so hard?
The Diagnostic is adaptive and is designed to ask a wide range of questions to determine the student's achievement level. Students will see questions that seem very simple and others that are more difficult until it finds questions that are "just right". To enable a precise assessment, the Diagnostic is adaptive and is designed to ask a wide range of questions to determine the students' achievement level. That is why it will challenge them with a more difficult question after each correct answer.
What kind of accommodations can students use in i-Ready?
In general, they can use the same non-embedded accommodations that are used for state testing. i-Ready provides audio support for test items at certain grade levels. These features are available to any student regardless of assigned grade level when they are at the grades K-5 level for math, and grades K-2 level for reading.
What does Tested Out mean on the score report?
Tested out means that the student's performance indicates that they likely already know the lower-level skills and thus they didn't need to answer questions from those foundational domains. Thus, they did not see any items in that domain.
What does Max Score mean on the score report?
Max Score means that a student did see items in that domain, they just got to the highest level possible in that domain.