IEP Training for Kansas Schools

1. IEP Trainingfor Kansas Schools Part 2: Measurable Annual Goals, Objectives and Benchmarks Kansas State Department of Education Technical Assistance System Network

2. IEP Process Referral Exit Evaluation (and Eligibility) Present Levels of Academic Achievement & Functional Performance Progress Reporting Post Secondary Goals Services Prioritize Needs and How Needs Will be Addressed Short-Term Objectives and Benchmarks Measurable Annual Goals

3. Measurable Annual Goals Measurable Annual Goals describe the anticipated progress that will result from specially designed instruction the student will receive. Purpose

4. Additional requirements for Students taking the KAMM • Goals in the content area being assessed with the KAMM • All academic goals on the IEP are standards-based

5. Goals in the Content area to be Assessed • A student taking the Reading KAMM must have an IEP goal in the area of reading. • A student taking the Mathematics KAMM must have an IEP goal in the area of math.

6. Standards-Based IEP Goals Required: All academic goals on the IEP for any student participating in the KAMM are closely linked to the Kansas standards

7. Documenting the Standards-based Goal • Review student’s grade level content standards. • Identify prerequisite skills the student will need to achieve in order to reach grade level standards (indicators). • Select specific skill that the goal(s) will focus on. • Insure that baseline data specific to the skill has been collected. • Write the goal to contain behavior, condition, criteria, and timeframe. • Reference/write the specific Standard, Benchmark, and Indicator that is addressed with the goal.

8. Links to Kansas Standards • Kansas Curricular Standards and Resources http://www.ksde.org/Default.aspx?tabid=1678 • Kansas Extended Standards http://www.ksde.org/Default.aspx?tabid=2384 • Kansas Early Learning Guidelines & Standards (Birth – 5) http://www.ksde.org/Default.aspx?tabid=3321

9. IEP Process Referral Exit Evaluation (and Eligibility) Present Levels of Academic Achievement & Functional Performance Progress Reporting Post Secondary Goals Services Prioritize Needs and How Needs Will be Addressed Short-Term Objectives and Benchmarks Measurable Annual Goals

10. Short-Term Objectives and Benchmarks in IDEA 04 • No longer required for all IEPs • All goals on an IEP for a student taking the Kansas Alternate Assessment must include benchmarks or short term objectives

11. Clarifying Requirements • KAMM = Standards-based academic goals • KAA = ALL goals must have benchmarks &/or short-term objectives (no requirement for standards-based goals) • KAMM and KAA Combo = ALL academic goals must be standards-based and ALL goals must have benchmarks and/or short-term objectives

12. Short-Term Objectives and Benchmarks Specify intermediate progress toward the goal that allows you to determine whether progress is sufficient to meet the goal.

13. Short-Term ObjectiveCharacteristic #1 • Is a sequential, progressive, intermediate measureof progress toward theannual goal.

14. Short-Term ObjectiveCharacteristic #2 • Is a restatement of the goal with a different criterion.

15. BenchmarkCharacteristic #1 • Are milestones that describe content learned or skills to be performed.

16. BenchmarkCharacteristic #2 • Are distinct skills that are often independent of each other but must be combined to meet the measurable annual goal.

17. BenchmarkCharacteristic #3 • Are used when progress is not easily quantified and is basedon task analysis.

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