Community reviews for i-Ready

my overall opinion about this project as a teaching tool is it does not work. it puts many students under stress at times. On top of that, its extreamly boring and most kids fall asleep. it has a ton of short comings and does not work well for me. I really like the learning games the kids really seem to enjoy the learning games a lot of the time and they really give the kids a break when they need it. some of the reading lessons in level F are not so bad but the math lessons are terrible. no one likes doing them.

You should stop using it, it is awful.

If you have kids who love math, please read this so you can get them to the level they want to be at. From our personal experience, I-Ready will place your child at the beginning of the grade level regardless of how your child performs on the beginning of the year diagnostic (can’t speak to if they perform under grade level for math). It looks like I-Ready errs on the side of caution for assigning lessons after the diagnostic (i.e. if your child performs as well as a higher grade level, I-Ready math won’t compensate to challenge your child). However, it did build in a mechanism for teachers to adjust the grade level. So, if your child is ready for the next grade level and your teacher agrees, the teacher can manually move your child to the desired grade level. Teachers can also manually assign specific lessons to your child without adjusting the grade level. When they are done with the assigned lessons, the children will still be at the same grade level that they started in. Teachers are also able to see the next 20 lessons for your child, so you can know if the child is close to finishing the grade level. We just experienced an issue where one of my kids who was ahead of grade level and performed well on her mid-year assessment got placed back in grade level after the diagnostic. We were concerned that this would mean that the child would have to repeat all of the work that the child has completed over the past couple of months. Tech support believed that the child did not lose the work; rather it would be resumed once the child had completed work in a specific domain at grade level that hadn’t been completed previously. Bottom line - If you suspect that I-Ready is too easy for your child, please work with your child’s teacher to adjust and readjust as necessary. The program won’t do it for you automatically. As a way forward, I would recommend I-Ready consider a “challenge” function where kids can get placed according to their diagnostic score and not automatically at the beginning of their assigned grade level on I-Ready math at the beginning of the year. I-Ready says that it does this but I have yet to see it happen. Also, please be aware that your child will automatically go to the next grade level after they finish all of the lessons in that grade level during the school year. Nothing that you or your child’s teacher will need to do if they finish all of the lessons. If your child’s teacher assigned specific lessons as opposed to moving up all or part of a grade, your child will not get the successive lessons to the ones that they completed automatically, the teacher will have to assign them. Nor will they move up a grade level, based only assigned lessons. UPDATE: My first grader began to use I-Ready Reading mid-year. Her diagnostic test scored her at 70th percent for her grade level. When she started using the program, it placed her in learning the letter “Y” Level AA (Kindergarten). Teacher corrected the issue for my child and placed her in first grade. The placement algorithms for I-Ready Reading and Math need to be updated so that the students’ placement is reflective of their capabilities to promote learning.

I liked NOTHING about it it SUCKED when I used it now my class is using Khan academy and they are THANKING ME for switching over.

I hated it.

I-Ready is great for all students. It gives students visuals and tries to keep students engaged however it is more visual for younger students. This is a great alternative program to use for extra practice.

i really dont recommend it. my sbac from my students went down since using this too i think it was a waste of time for my students and didnt teach them as much as i hoped . and they are kinda inappropriate when it comes to diversity with there characters. don use this learning tool not worth the money or time you your skills as a teacher to do something better for these kids !!!

This is DEFINITELY a good tool for practice and reinforcement on subjects, but overall for learning... not so good. The program is pretty nice, fun videos (sometimes) but sometimes, they can also be quite boring and hard to get through. The quizzes at the end of each lesson are a WONDERFUL idea, but need work. Instead of saying whats wrong with the answer, sometimes it just prompts the student to go to the next question, which isnt helpful at all since the only "relearn" option if the student fails the quiz is 1: Rewatch the lesson (normally doesn't help, unless they missed a concept) or 2: Move onto the next lesson.

The animations were funny sometimes, but besides that, I didn't like anything.

This did not work. Both reading and math would take up to an hour for each lesson and if they got a low scoar, they would have to repeat the whole thing. The lessons dragged on and the students would soon become over worked, unmotivated, and stressed.