Accelerate and Fill the Gaps

What i-Ready Diagnostic and Grade 6 ratio assessment data reveal about below-grade-level learners. Only 3.8% of 132 students placed on grade level in the fall, yet 29.8% passed a grade 6 Comparing Ratios assessment. The paper recommends keeping grade 6 instruction as the core and proposes the L.A.P. Program (Learning, Assessment and Practice) for students two or more grade levels behind.

Scaffolding 134 sixth graders toward grade-level math by the New Year. A ladder built from each student's i-Ready scores moves every student onto grade 6 content by Christmas 2026, with stronger students differentiated toward grade 7 using NWEA MAP.