Pros And Cons Of I-Ready Diagnostics

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“The purpose of assessment for learning is to improve student learning by providing teachers and students with assessment data that can inform and guide instruction and learning” (Edugains, n.d). The I-Ready diagnostics has been implemented nation wide and is state approved in Colorado, it was built for the Common Core. It was designed to increase student outcomes by measuring individual students growth. It 's an adaptive diagnostic for reading and mathematics that pinpoints down to the sub-skill level and ongoing progress monitoring showing if the student is on track to meet the Common Core end of year targets. As educators it 's our job to support and use any resources available to help our students be successful and reach their full potential. …show more content…
The I-Ready can identify where students need to be further challenged. Teachers can pull up easy to read reports that show the teacher what each student can do and give the next steps to inform instruction, there are progress monitoring assessments and lesson quizzes that will give students extra opportunities to demonstrate their knowledge and skills. There are reports that can group students according to their scores for small group activities making it easier for the teacher to address the needs of the students. Some cons of the I-Ready diagnostics is it 's all done on computers, it takes away from one on one learning with the teacher. The diagnostics programing could be difficult for some students to navigate through which could result in lower scores than what the student really should have. In the school we promote healthy living, less technology using this diagnostics has the students using more technology. The I-Ready diagnostic charges for it 's services, $36 per student per year per subject so each year it would cost $72 for reading and math per student which takes money from schools and it only addresses reading and

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