Welcome!

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i-Ready Personalized Instruction: An Introduction for Out-of-School Time Programs and Providers

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Thursday, January 19, 2023

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Today’s Agenda

• Intros, Framing
• Objectives/Logistics/Grounding
• Why/What/How
• Breakout Groups - Promising Practices/Possibilities/Barriers/Resources
• Share out
• Q&A
• Review Resources / FAQ

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Introductions

Jennifer Amigone�Director of Assessment & Accountability

jamigone@cpsd.us

Emily Bryan�ELA/Literacy Coordinator

ebryan@cpsd.us

Khari Milner�Co-Director of Cambridge Agenda for Children/OST

kmilner@cpsd.us

Siobahn Mulligan

Director of Mathematics

smulligan@cpsd.us

Cambridge OST Providers & Collaborative Partners

Cambridge OST Providers & Collaborative Partners

The Cambridge Agenda for Children OST is a citywide intermediary… What’s that mean?!

Objectives/Logistics

• This is an initial session on ways we can deepen how we partner together to support students’ literacy and math progress.
• Please use the chat to ask questions.
• A recording of this session will be available on our website �in upcoming days.

Respond to the Zoom poll 1:

(responses are anonymous)

Students use online tools to support their learning during my program(s)

SELECT

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All the time

Occasionally

Nope

Respond to the Zoom poll 2:

(responses are anonymous)

I am familiar �with the i-Ready diagnostic, and understand the information it provides.

SELECT

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Yes, totally

A little bit

Not really

Why i-Ready?

What is i-Ready?

Who is it for?

How Does it Work?

Grades 3-8 ELA MCAS: % of Students Meeting/Exceeding Expectations, 2019 vs. 2022

Difference between 2019 and 2022

-12pts. -1pt. -8pts. -8pts. -10pts. -6pts. -11pts. -12pts. -6pts. -4pts. -6pts. -6pts. -7pts.

Grades 3-8 Math MCAS: % of Students Meeting/Exceeding Expectations, 2019 vs. 2022

Difference between 2019 and 2022

-10pts. +1pt. -2pts. -8pts. -7pts. -5pts. -11pts. -12pts. -5pts. -5pts. -3pts. -3pts. -7pts.

What is i-Ready Personalized Instruction?

An individualized, online reading + math program that uses your child’s data to provide targeted lessons that meet their specific academic needs.

• Rolled out November 2022.
• Available to 3rd - 8th graders to access additional learning and support beyond the school day. The program can be used after school, on weekends, during school vacations, and when students are absent.
• Provides targeted lessons to meet the needs of students performing below, �on, and above grade level.

• Provides caregivers with instant access to student learning data, and how much time they are spending in the math and reading lessons (games do not count towards their time).
• Caregivers are invited to attend future sessions focused on math and literacy content, strategies, and ways to support learning at home.

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ELA

What is the iReady Diagnostic?

The i-Ready Diagnostic is a test students take twice a year in grades 3-8. �It gives students, educators and caregivers information on each student’s strengths �and areas for growth in reading (ELA) and math.

It is NOT used for grades. �It is one of MANY sources of data educators use to understand our students.

Computer-adaptive

Aligned to MCAS.

Given in the fall and winter every year.

What is Assessed? What do these domains mean?

Can your child break apart and put together the sounds �in spoken and written words?

Can your child quickly & easily read grade-level words?

Can your child decode (read) unfamiliar written words using their knowledge of sounds and spellings?

Can your child make sense of grade-level stories, poems and various types of fiction that include complex language?

Can your child identify the meaning of grade-level vocabulary?

Can your child make sense of grade-level informational texts and other kinds of nonfiction that include complex language?

Reading

Phonological Awareness*

Phonics*

High Frequency Words*

Vocabulary

Comprehension Literature

Comprehension: �Informational Text

Can your child use numbers flexibly to solve grade-level calculations and real-world problems?

Can your child represent and make sense of data? Can they measure volume, capacity, and length and convert between measurements?

Can your child identify, create, and make sense of patterns?

Can your child identify, create, and sort shapes, using their different characteristics as a reference?

Number and Operations

Algebra and Algebraic Thinking

Measurement and Data

Geometry

What is Assessed? What do these domains mean?

Math

i-Ready Personalized Instruction

How does it work? What does it include?

The Personalized Instruction program uses your child’s diagnostic data to create �a unique learning pathway for them, in each domain of reading and math.

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Each pathway begins by addressing your child’s greatest area of need.

Personalized Instruction

Diagnostic Assessment

ELA

Reading

A significant body of research links the close reading of complex text— whether the student is a struggling reader or advanced—to significant gains in reading proficiency and finds close reading �to be a key component of college �and career readiness.

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(Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College �and Careers, 2011, p. 7)

ELA

Reading lessons are grounded in excerpts from complex, authentic texts that represent diverse authors, characters, genres and topics.

ELA

Reading lessons include information about science, history, current events and authors to build students’ vocabulary and knowledge.

Students can access definitions, pictures, spanish translation and read aloud features.

ELA

Let’s Take a Look at a Reading Lesson

https://login.i-ready.com/lessonPreview.jsf?componentId=DI.ELA.COM.4.1027.10

ELA

Math lessons include digital manipulation �of familiar items, open-ended questions and tasks (beyond multiple choice) �that replicate real-world math scenarios.

Math

ELA

Students receive �support and scaffolds �as needed, in addition �to in-the-moment feedback.

Math

ELA

Let’s Take a Look at Math Instruction

ELA

The math Learning Games are meant to be fun and engaging while developing math fluency. They do not count towards students’ time in instruction.

ELA

ELA

Login & Get Started

If you need to open ClassLink:

1. Go to www.cpsd.us
2. Click on “Students”
3. Scroll a bit and find this . Click on it to open ClassLink.

1. Open ClassLink

If it’s your “homepage” on Chrome, your page should look like this:

ELA

Login & Get Started

2. Find & Click I-Ready

ELA

How to login

Students login to the program by clicking here: Classlink

(or by going to: https://launchpad.classlink.com/cpsd)

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Students use their CPS Google account and password. This is usually their year of graduation with their first initial and last name. (ex. Jane Doe would be “27jdoe@cpsd.us”) Passwords are usually their 8-digit date of birth. (ex. 03042011)

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ELA

Students, caregivers and educators can all see real-time data to monitor overall progress, and progress �in specific areas.

Students, Families, and Educators Can Access Learning �Data, Anytime

ELA

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When Can Students Access the Program?

• Families and providers can monitor program usage in each student’s home page.
• This year, our focus is on student usage after school, including during after-school programs.
• Students should aim for 45-50 minutes of instruction in each week, in each subject.
• It is not recommended that students exceed these minutes.
• Time spent in games or within the dashboard is not included in students’ recorded learning time.

ELA

Usage by School thru Dec 2022 Holidays

ELA

Usage by Fall Diagnostic Placement thru Dec. 2022 Holidays

ELA

4 days/week for 20-25 minutes *Recommended

Or, for longer chunks on weekends!

Short, consistent practice (15-20 mins/day, M-F)

Create an i-Ready Schedule That Works For Your Program and Students!

Developing a consistent schedule for program usage is highly recommended.

ELA

How can Out-of-School Time Partners Support this?

• Create a schedule/carve out time (approx. 20 mins., per day) for students to do i-Ready (see slide 36).
• Goal: 45-50 minutes of instruction in each week, in each subject. 45-50 minutes of instruction in each week, in each subject.
• Help students track usage to ensure they’re meeting weekly usage goal.
• Data Trackers
• Additional Tracking Resources
• Communicate usage with parents.
• Certificates (starting w/ page 6)

This is intended to be independent practice; does not need adult support aside from initial launch into platform.

ELA

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1. What are some ways or when could you imagine that students could use i-Ready at your program?

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• What barriers/challenges do you anticipate to this effort?

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• What additional supports or information do you and your staff need to support this work?

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Breakout Group Discussion Questions

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• What are some ways or when could you imagine that students could use i-Ready at your program?

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• What barriers/challenges do you anticipate to this effort?

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• What additional supports or information do you and your staff need to support this work?

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Share Outs

Questions….?

Other i-Ready Resources

• FAQ
• CPS iReady website

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Thank you!

CPS Community Partners Portal