Teaching · Special Education

Write the goal from the present level toward the grade-level standard.

Enter the standard, the present level with a number, the skills the goal depends on and the goal’s parts. The organizer writes the statement, checks each part and shows how much growth a week it asks for.

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The goal

One record per goal; copy it to a new date to draft the next. The example is made up.

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Teaching · Special Education$12 · included with Classroom and Whole-school licenses

What you finish with
A goal statement tied to its standard, the grade gap, baseline to target and growth per week, a check of each part, and the prerequisites to teach first.
Who it is for
Special education teachers and IEP case managers drafting annual goals.
Format
Browser form. One saved record per goal; printed with its summary or as a blank form; CSV; export and import a file.
Access
$12 one-time, yours on every device you sign in on; the tool opens once you are signed in with it. Included with Caveat Classroom and Whole-school licenses. Also in the New special education teacher kit ($39) and the Special Education toolkit ($99), and 2 more bundles. Everything you type stays in this browser; nothing is sent to Caveat.
Where it lives
The Special Education space in Caveat Teaching.
Support
Questions about an order, access or a correction: team@caveatacademic.com.
from where they are toward the grade
Drawn for this page. An aligned goal starts at the student’s present level and climbs toward the grade-level standard.

How to use it

  1. Start a record with a code or initials and the date.
  2. Write the grade-level standard and the grade the student is enrolled in.
  3. Record the present level with a baseline number, its unit and date.
  4. List the prerequisite skills and their status.
  5. Fill in the goal parts, then fix anything the checks flag before the meeting.

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Before you write

Aligned, not identical

Federal guidance asks that IEP goals be aligned with the standards for the grade the student is enrolled in. For a student working below grade level, the goal targets the skills needed to make progress in that standard, ambitious enough to help close the gap.

Measurable parts

A goal you can measure names the condition, an action you can see or count, a target in the same unit as the baseline, a date, and how and how often you will check.

What it is not

Not an IEP. The team writes and agrees the goal, and your state and district forms set its format.

Sources

  1. U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services. Dear Colleague Letter on ensuring a free appropriate public education aligned with state academic content standards, November 16, 2015.
  2. Endrew F. v. Douglas County School District RE-1, 580 U.S. 386 (2017): an IEP must be reasonably calculated to enable progress appropriate in light of the child’s circumstances.
  3. Individuals with Disabilities Education Act regulations, 34 CFR 300.320(a)(2) and (3): measurable annual goals and how progress will be measured and reported.
  4. Growth per week is (target minus baseline) divided by the weeks from the baseline date to the target date.

The example student, standard wording and data are made up for illustration. Support: team@caveatacademic.com.