District to transition to I-Ready assessments; board hears presentation on diagnostic and instructional supports

Assistant Superintendent Miss Bryant presented the Lexington School District 3 board with the administration's recommendation to adopt I-Ready for district diagnostics and instructional supports for the coming school year. She said the system provides both typical and "stretch" growth targets, diagnostic detail for individual students, literacy and dyslexia screeners, and Spanish-language supports.

Miss Bryant framed I-Ready as a tool that connects assessment and instruction: "I Ready is gonna give us a diagnostic so that we're gonna take these tests and it'll identify for each student where the gaps are," she said, and stressed the product provides teacher-facing resources to reduce clerical load and to help pull flexible small groups. The presentation included a short I-Ready video that described typical and stretch growth benchmarks.

Trustees questioned whether I-Ready includes mathematics curriculum or adopts with an associated textbook. Miss Bryant and Dr. Atkinson said I-Ready offers math supports and that many districts have moved to I-Ready because it consolidates functions that MAP provided while adding teacher tools. They emphasized teachers retain professional judgment about how to use the system and that the district plans professional development for assistant principals and instructional coaches to train staff.

No formal action on I-Ready was recorded at the meeting; the presentation was informational and followed by trustee questions.