Assessment Information - i-Ready 5 Level Performance Level Update 2020-21

Curriculum Associates has made some updates to the i-Ready Assessments Performance Levels. This new configuration provides additional information for instructional decision making related to students performing below grade level.  

Until this change, the default structure in Homeroom (your district may have had a district specific configuration) has been their standard four Performance Levels structure: three of them indicating a student is performing at or above grade level (Early, Mid and Late) and one indicating that a student is performing below grade level (Below).  

During the 2020-21 school year, Curriculum Associates added a new, five performance level configuration which has two performance levels for students above grade level and three performance levels for students performing below grade level.

• Mid or Above Grade Level
  • Students in this level have met the requirements for the expectations of college- and career-ready standards in their grade level.
• Early On Grade Level
  • Students in this level have only partially met these grade-level expectations
• One Grade Level Below
  • Students in this level are not close to meeting the expectations of college- and career-ready standards in their grade level.
• Two Grade levels Below
  • Students in this level are not close to meeting the expectations of college- and career-ready standards in their grade level.
• Three or More Grade Levels Below
  • Students in this level are not close to meeting the expectations of college- and career-ready standards in their grade level.

For more information on the levels and where you can see them in the i-Ready Diagnostic Reports, read the attached iready-faq-five-level-graph02020-1.pdf