Ignite™ Grade Placement and Personalized Sequencing

Age/Grade Placement

To ensure that Ignite by Hatch™ supports children's learning goals at all grade levels, children's starting skill level is based on their grade level.

This decision is based on a psychometric analysis of Ignite. It will help children reach grade-level readiness when they use Ignite to fidelity (30 minutes of play per week, per child). 

Personalized Sequencing

We recognize that children may not be ready for all skills at these placement levels. To support children, we will move them to more foundational, lower-level skills, if they do not demonstrate the skill at their placement level after two attempts.

If they have already demonstrated that lower-level skill then we will support them with our Guided Practice experiences that cover all domains and subdomains. 

To learn more about these changes decision please see Personalized Learning Updates to Ignite by Hatch™.

Adding Child Grade Level During Rostering

For all rostering methods in Hatch Insights, we automatically assign a grade based on the birth date given. This grade can be changed at any time, but we recommend ensuring the grade is correct before children start playing Ignite. 

Note for Clever and Classlink customers: Grade levels must come from Clever or Classlink and cannot be changed in Insights at this time.

For example, if you add a child via our form in Hatch Insights™, you will find the Grade Level drop-down, as pictured below.

If you add a child in Ignite, you can also set the grade level, as shown here.

These are not your only options for adding children to Hatch with a grade level. To learn more about rostering your children, check out the following articles:

• [Org Admins, School Admin, Teachers] CSV Import for Child and Family Information
• [Org Admins] ChildPlus Data Import
• [Org Admins] Setting Up Your Clever Rostering Connection for Ignite by Hatch™
• [Org Admins] Setting Up Your ClassLink Rostering Connection for Ignite by Hatch™

Editing Child Grade Level After Rostering

You can also edit a child's grade level anytime in Ignite and Insights. 

If you move a child up, their previously passed games in will still show up, as demonstrated on the child's Skill Detail Report.

You can also move a child down by changing their grade level. If you move a child back, the games with skills they did not demonstrate will not be given until they reach that level again. 

In Insights, you can change the grade on a child's profile, as shown below.

You can also change the grade level in Ignite by editing a child's info from the Teacher Area.

For more information about editing your child in Hatch, please see the following articles:

• [Teachers] Edit a Child in the Ignite™ App
• How Do I Edit or Remove a Child in Hatch Insights™?