who created iready

i-Ready was created by the education company Curriculum Associates , led by its CEO Rob Waldron, whose team developed and launched the i-Ready online diagnostic and instruction program in the late 2000s.

Who actually “created” i-Ready?

• i-Ready is a product of Curriculum Associates, a U.S.-based educational publisher and edtech company founded in 1969.

• The modern i-Ready program was built by a development team at Curriculum Associates headed by CEO Rob Waldron, who joined the company in 2008 and led its move into digital learning tools.

Quick background on the company

• Curriculum Associates started out making print workbooks for schools and later expanded into digital assessments and instruction, especially for math and reading.

• Under Waldron’s leadership, the company focused on adaptive diagnostics and personalized learning platforms, which is where i-Ready fits in today.

How i-Ready is usually described

• i-Ready is often described as a blended-learning program that combines an adaptive diagnostic test with online lessons and teacher resources for K–12, especially K–8.

• It is widely used in U.S. school districts for progress monitoring in reading and math and is aligned to state standards and the Common Core.

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