Technological Readiness
One of the top challenges district leaders, principals, and teachers discussed related to TNReady was transitioning to a
technology-based assessment. Many district leaders discussed challenges related to technological infrastructure and the
number of technological devices available in schools. Some district leaders noted that even in cases where large investments
were made in technology upgrades over the past several years, challenges were still faced during online assessments. A
middle-school teacher in one of our focus groups stated:
“At our school, our fifth-graders have to take the writing assessment, which is now a typing assessment
on a computer. We have one laptop cart that has 30 computers on it for the entire school. When we have
to take a writing assessment, we have to rotate kids through the laptop cart to take it. Then, we couldn’t
have practiced enough with our students