Free i-Ready Practice Test

Tests phonological awareness, phonics, vocabulary, and reading comprehension across literary and informational texts. The adaptive engine adjusts difficulty in real time — a student who answers correctly gets harder questions, and vice versa.

Covers number and operations, algebra and algebraic thinking, measurement and data, and geometry. Like the reading diagnostic, it adapts to your child's exact level — not their grade level.

i-Ready re-tests students in fall and spring to measure growth. Districts set 'typical growth' benchmarks by grade. Parents can request the full diagnostic report — it shows exactly which skills need work.

i-Ready is designed to feel challenging — that's intentional. If your child says it was hard, that's actually a sign the adaptive engine is working. Don't measure success by difficulty alone.

Parents can request the full diagnostic placement report from the teacher. It breaks down performance by domain (e.g., phonics, number operations) not just a single score.

Use the placement report to find exact skill gaps — don't just do generic practice. If the report flags phonics, focus there rather than general reading comprehension.

Khan Academy's grade-level lessons map closely to i-Ready domains. It's free, and the mastery-based progression complements the adaptive i-Ready lessons your child already gets in school.

An inflated i-Ready score means your child gets assigned lessons that are too hard, which reduces engagement. Accurate results give the teacher better data for instruction.