Colorado Approved READ Act Assessment

Exact Path Insights, our evidence-based, AI-powered K–12 assessment, is recommended for approval by the Colorado Department of Education (CDE) for use as a READ Act Diagnostic, Interim, and Summative assessment for grades K-3, giving districts the coherent, actionable data needed to align instruction, close learning gaps, and drive measurable gains in proficiency and growth.

CDE-Recommended Assessment 

The CDE found Exact Path Insights to be valid, reliable, and to accurately measure students’ reading skills in the areas of phonemic awareness, phonics, vocabulary development, reading fluency, and reading comprehension.

Insights, part of the Accelerating Student Achievement solution, fuels smarter, faster instruction with a clear view of what students know, how they’re expected to perform, and where they’re ready to grow.  For districts, this means confidence in using an assessment that is built on the Standards for Educational and Psychological Testing, is top NCII-rated, and delivers precise measures of student reading growth, proficiency, and readiness across all learner groups.

Exact Path goes beyond measuring achievement—it helps educators take action.

Exact Path Growth is also a Colorado Approved READ Act Instructional Program, so you can turn reading assessment data into targeted instruction within one coherent system—and time is spent teaching, not interpreting results. Following each diagnostic assessment, students automatically receive individualized learning paths that target unfinished learning while accelerating progress toward grade-level expectations. 

With one connected solution, Colorado districts can: 

• Identify reading gaps with rigorous, standards-aligned diagnostic assessments
• Personalize instruction with automatically generated learning paths for every student
• Monitor student growth throughout the school year
• Support MTSS, intervention, and acceleration efforts
• Use trusted student growth data to inform instructional decisions and support educator evaluation

Proven through rigorous, third-party research.

Across 15 independent ESSA studies, Exact Path significantly improved student achievement across diverse learners, geographic regions, and district sizes. Exact Path Reading is built on the science of reading, delivering explicit instruction and scaffolded practice across the five pillars of reading through an adaptive, individualized learning path that meets each K-3 student where they are. For Colorado districts, Exact Path isn't just an approved assessment: it's the engine behind personalized reading growth districtwide.