I-Ready causes stress for students and does not teach anything to students, is a big waste of time and has no benefits. It can cause hours of time to get past the tutorial of 1 lesson. Not to mention, usually teachers assign at least 5 lessons of I-Ready a week. But above all else, the iReady Universal Screener is a dangerous assessment because it is a dehumanizing assessment. ... iReady, and assessments of this nature, overwhelming identify poor students and students of color as most in need of intervention.