Students Show Significant Growth in i-Ready Program
Rahway Public Schools
Franklin Elementary School students have shown significant growth in their reading and math skills as a result of the i-Ready program, an online learning tool that helps teachers personalize instruction and track student progress. The i-Ready program is designed to help students identify their areas of strength and weakness, and then provide targeted instruction to help them improve. The program also tracks student progress over time, so teachers can see how each student is doing and make adjustments to their instruction as needed.
In the 2022-2023 school year, Franklin students completed a total of 59,862 i-Ready lessons over a span of 13,354 hours, averaging 99 lessons and over 22 hours per student. As a result of this hard work, Franklin students have shown significant growth in their reading and math skills. On average, students at Franklin School showed 124% of expected growth in their diagnostic scores, with some individual students hitting as high as over 300% annual growth. This growth was shown across the school and across data subsets as well. Every subgroup based on race or sex showed an average annual growth of over 100% as well. Economically disadvantaged students were able to show an average of 110% annual growth.
In addition to the academic benefits, the i-Ready program has also helped to create a positive and fun learning environment for students. Mr. Greg Mariconda, the school’s counselor, was able to obtain two successful Donors Choose grants to fund prizes and parties for students who completed i-Ready lessons. These incentives have helped to motivate students and keep them engaged in the program.
“The i-Ready program has been a great success at Franklin Elementary School,” said Mr. Mariconda. “The prizes and parties have helped to create a positive and fun learning environment, and the data shows that students are making significant gains in their reading and math skills.”
“We are very proud of the hard work and achievement of our students in the i-Ready program,” said acting Principal Dr. Kevin Robinson. “The program has helped our students make significant gains in their reading and math skills, and we are confident that these gains will continue in the years to come.”
In addition to the individual prizes and parties, Franklin Elementary School also held a school-wide celebration to recognize the students who showed the most growth in the i-Ready program. Plory, the orange alien who appears in the i-Ready program, came to Franklin School and visited all the classrooms to recognize the i-Ready superstars.
The i-Ready program is just one example of the many ways that Franklin Elementary School is working to improve student achievement. The school is committed to providing a rigorous and challenging academic environment that prepares all students for success in college and beyond.
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