understanding I ready scores

[Anonymous]

Looking to crowd source some context for i-ready diagnostic scores. Our kindergartener ended the year in the high 400’s for i-ready math and mid 400’s for reading. When I look up score norms online it seems slightly above-grade level for reading but strangely high for math. They did not start kindergarten high (the math score went up more than 100 points over the year).

Just curious if this is super common and what it might mean ( if anything) for 1st grade).

[Anonymous]

I think iReady math scores, in early grades especially, are pretty sensitive to factors like “ability to sit still and use a computer,” which probably increased for your kid over the course of kindergarten. Since there’s no red flag showing failure to learn, I would pay much more attention to your kid’s expressions of interest (e.g., try some board games, card games, or puzzles with math elements) than to the kindergarten iReady scores.

[Anonymous]

That is a very high score in math for a K student as far as the norms tables go. The norm tables are developed from the schools who give iReady, however, so the mix of schools using the tool will impact the norms. Still, it’s a very high score for K.

If you are curious as to how your student performs against standards, you could cross reference with IXL (online math program). That would help you understand if your child is truly on a 2nd or 3rd grade math level or if they may have been an extraordinarily good guesser on the Spring iReady. When your student takes iReady again in the Fall that will also give you a sense of whether this Spring score was an anomaly.

[Anonymous]

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[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Looking to crowd source some context for i-ready diagnostic scores. Our kindergartener ended the year in the high 400’s for i-ready math and mid 400’s for reading. When I look up score norms online it seems slightly above-grade level for reading but strangely high for math. They did not start kindergarten high (the math score went up more than 100 points over the year).

Just curious if this is super common and what it might mean ( if anything) for 1st grade).

High 400s for math is very high for K. There is a kid like that at my kids' school (just over 500 at EOY K testing) and he gets pulled up two grade levels for math. For context, my 3rd grader just got just over 500 MOY & is at the 99th%ile for 3rd grade.

On the flip side, Mid-400s in reading is actually a little bit low for a smart UMC kid with enough computer familiarity/ability to concentrate to score high 400s in math. Probably comprehension isn't great.

[Anonymous]

You can see the norms percentile tables here

https://cdn.bfldr.com/LS6J0F7/as/484qbbb7q57wxkcwr4x54kf/iready-norms-tables-K-8-SY16-17-to-SY23-24

This puts your kid waaaay above the rest, like consider skipping a grade?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Looking to crowd source some context for i-ready diagnostic scores. Our kindergartener ended the year in the high 400’s for i-ready math and mid 400’s for reading. When I look up score norms online it seems slightly above-grade level for reading but strangely high for math. They did not start kindergarten high (the math score went up more than 100 points over the year).

Just curious if this is super common and what it might mean ( if anything) for 1st grade).

High 400s for math is very high for K. There is a kid like that at my kids' school (just over 500 at EOY K testing) and he gets pulled up two grade levels for math. For context, my 3rd grader just got just over 500 MOY & is at the 99th%ile for 3rd grade.

On the flip side, Mid-400s in reading is actually a little bit low for a smart UMC kid with enough computer familiarity/ability to concentrate to score high 400s in math. Probably comprehension isn't great.

mid-400s for a kindergartener at the winter assessment is 98th percentile, pipe down.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Looking to crowd source some context for i-ready diagnostic scores. Our kindergartener ended the year in the high 400’s for i-ready math and mid 400’s for reading. When I look up score norms online it seems slightly above-grade level for reading but strangely high for math. They did not start kindergarten high (the math score went up more than 100 points over the year).

Just curious if this is super common and what it might mean ( if anything) for 1st grade).

High 400s for math is very high for K. There is a kid like that at my kids' school (just over 500 at EOY K testing) and he gets pulled up two grade levels for math. For context, my 3rd grader just got just over 500 MOY & is at the 99th%ile for 3rd grade.

On the flip side, Mid-400s in reading is actually a little bit low for a smart UMC kid with enough computer familiarity/ability to concentrate to score high 400s in math. Probably comprehension isn't great.

mid-400s for a kindergartener at the winter assessment is 98th percentile, pipe down.

This query is from the end of last year FWIW.

[Anonymous]

I wouldn’t base everything just on the ready test. Is your child able to do math a grade or two above grade level consistently. If not, I wouldn’t go bothering the school about this. If yes, then maybe you can get a pull out.

[Anonymous]

Teacher here. It is high for kindergarten. However, it is just one assessment. What other assessments were given to give a another data point on his Math abilities? Also, it is important to look for trends within a specific assessment. So lets see how his end of year Math i ready looks. He could very well be far ahead. I have seen it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Looking to crowd source some context for i-ready diagnostic scores. Our kindergartener ended the year in the high 400’s for i-ready math and mid 400’s for reading. When I look up score norms online it seems slightly above-grade level for reading but strangely high for math. They did not start kindergarten high (the math score went up more than 100 points over the year).

Just curious if this is super common and what it might mean ( if anything) for 1st grade).

Score norms don't relate directly to grade-level expectations (at least, not in the table that PP linked to). The scores top out at EOY at 435 for math and 504 for reading.

If your kid had a score of 450 in math, they have topped out on the test and the test is not appropriate to measure the ability of that child.
If your kid had a score of 450 in reading, they are in the 90th percentile of all children who tested. There's no detail on what the score for the expected end of K performance is to be on grade level.

It means your kid finds it easy to learn math.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Looking to crowd source some context for i-ready diagnostic scores. Our kindergartener ended the year in the high 400’s for i-ready math and mid 400’s for reading. When I look up score norms online it seems slightly above-grade level for reading but strangely high for math. They did not start kindergarten high (the math score went up more than 100 points over the year).

Just curious if this is super common and what it might mean ( if anything) for 1st grade).

Score norms don't relate directly to grade-level expectations (at least, not in the table that PP linked to). The scores top out at EOY at 435 for math and 504 for reading.

If your kid had a score of 450 in math, they have topped out on the test and the test is not appropriate to measure the ability of that child.
If your kid had a score of 450 in reading, they are in the 90th percentile of all children who tested. There's no detail on what the score for the expected end of K performance is to be on grade level.

It means your kid finds it easy to learn math.

There are actually two sets of tables for iReady, percentiles and placement norms and, no, they don't match up at all. To be on grade level for math in some grades, you need to be around the 90th%ile.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Looking to crowd source some context for i-ready diagnostic scores. Our kindergartener ended the year in the high 400’s for i-ready math and mid 400’s for reading. When I look up score norms online it seems slightly above-grade level for reading but strangely high for math. They did not start kindergarten high (the math score went up more than 100 points over the year).

Just curious if this is super common and what it might mean ( if anything) for 1st grade).

Score norms don't relate directly to grade-level expectations (at least, not in the table that PP linked to). The scores top out at EOY at 435 for math and 504 for reading.

If your kid had a score of 450 in math, they have topped out on the test and the test is not appropriate to measure the ability of that child.
If your kid had a score of 450 in reading, they are in the 90th percentile of all children who tested. There's no detail on what the score for the expected end of K performance is to be on grade level.

It means your kid finds it easy to learn math.

You are totally misunderstanding the tables you're looking at. IReady tops out at 800 and is adaptive for all grades. In addition to percentile tables (which just compare your kid to other test takers), there are placement tables showing where your kid should be placed grade-wise based on what grade they're in and their iReady score. The iReady definitely does not "top out" at 435 & it is used precisely because it doesn't just test grade-level material.