Charles County Public Schools (CCPS) is distributing individual reports this week for students who took i-Ready program assessments in January. Reports will be sent home with students this week; schools began to send the reports home Feb. 6.
Students who took i-Ready assessments include the following.
Grades 1-8 participated in both a reading and math assessment.
High school students enrolled in Algebra I or Foundations of Algebra this year completed the math assessment.
High school students taking English I this year completed the reading assessment.
No other students will receive i-Ready data reports. CCPS implemented i-Ready, a new diagnostic assessment program, last school year.
CCPS hosted a virtual meeting for parents in the fall to learn about i-Ready student reports. During the meeting, staff from the CCPS Office of Teaching and Learning discussed the meaning of the reports and shared information on how to review their child’s data and support areas of reading and math at home. Both the presentation and a video of the meeting are posted online here.
The program features adaptive assessments that build on student responses to provide teachers with data to best support their students. The diagnostic assessments provide detailed results for each student. Teachers are using the data to identify student strengths and weaknesses, and plan instruction to support growth and target areas of improvement.
The assessment is not designed to provide a grade or score for a student. The question structure adjusts to student responses. For example, if a student answers several questions correctly in a row, the program will adjust and provide students with more challenging questions. If a student answers several questions in a row incorrectly, the program will adjust and provide slightly easier questions.
Teachers will continue to use i-Ready to monitor student progress throughout the school year. Students will complete an additional diagnostic assessment using i-Ready during a May 1 through June 2 assessment window.
An additional parent video resource about i-Ready is posted online here.
Parents with questions should contact their child's teacher or an administrator at their school.
About CCPS
Charles County Public Schools provides 27,598 students in grades prekindergarten through 12 with an academically challenging education. Located in Southern Maryland, Charles County Public Schools has 37 schools that offer a technologically advanced, progressive and high quality education that builds character, equips for leadership and prepares students for life, careers and higher education.
The Charles County public school system does not discriminate based on race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age or disability in its programs, activities or employment practices. For inquiries, please contact Kathy Kiessling, Title IX/ADA/Section 504 Coordinator (students) or Nikial Majors, Title IX/ADA/Section 504 coordinator (employees/ adults), at Charles County Public Schools, Jesse L. Starkey Administration Building, P.O. Box 2770, La Plata, MD 20646; 301-932-6610/301-870-3814. For special accommodations call 301-934-7230 or TDD 1-800-735-2258 two weeks prior to the event. CCPS provides nondiscriminatory equal access to school facilities in accordance with its Use of Facilities rules to designated youth groups (including, but not limited to, the Boy Scouts).