How are students spread across readiness?

For coordinators: an average hides its shape. The Readiness Distribution shows how students actually spread across the readiness levels — the difference between "a few kids need help" and "half the cohort is behind."

1. Open the Algebra 1 EOC blueprint.
2. Scroll to Readiness Distribution.

Readiness Distribution — share of students at each readiness level

• It's the share of students at each readiness level: Emerging (0-65) 24%, Near Mastery (65-80) 28%, Mastery (80-100) 32%, and a grey Not Evaluated 16% — students without a readiness score yet (no cut-score range, so it's not in the color legend). That last band is also a data-completeness signal: a big grey slice means a chunk of the cohort hasn't been measured.
• The shape is the message: a fat low band means a broad, systemic gap; a small low tail behind a healthy middle means a handful of students to target.
• Two blueprints with the same average readiness can have very different distributions — this is where you see which one you actually have.

Read the shape, not just the average: broad low band → whole-class reteach; long thin tail → targeted intervention for named students. Match the response to the spread.

▶ VIDEO

• Concept: What is Blueprint Readiness?
• Pacing vs teaching: Is this a pacing gap or a teaching gap?
• Across campuses: Which campus needs support first?