Author: Stephanie Smith

Stephanie Smith is the Lead Writer and Head of the Editorial Team. She a former district-level assessment coordinator and school administrator with 18 years in public education. She has coordinated NWEA MAP Growth, i-Ready, and Star assessments at the school, district, and state levels, and trained educators across multiple states in score interpretation, growth analysis, and instructional response to student data. Stephanie Smith is the Head Education Writer at ReadyScores. She writes parent-friendly guides about i-Ready Diagnostic scores, NWEA MAP Growth scores, STAR Reading and Math scores, SAT scores, ACT scores, grade-level benchmarks, percentile rankings, and student growth reports. Her articles are reviewed through the ReadyScores Editorial Team process and follow the ReadyScores Editorial Policy, Methodology, About Data, and Corrections Policy.