Often, the school will say there has been progress, but the parents see no observable progress.Īfter you’ve picked verifiable, data-driven measures for your child’s IEP goals for reading, choose a reasonable amount of progress for your child. This goal is highly subject to the observer’s opinion about whether improvement has actually occurred or not. You don’tt want a goal that says, “ will improve in reading.” This is not a data driven goal. That would be one grade level’s worth of reading progress for one year of schooling. Any objective assessment can be used, and standardized tests can be among the most reliable of measures.įor example, if your child currently scores a 3.0 Grade Equivalent on the Wechsler Individual Achievement Test (WIAT) “Word Reading” subtest, then a data driven goal would be to increase his score to a 4.0 Grade Equivalent. To truly know if your child is making progress in reading, you must use a measurable, data driven means for tracking your child’s progress. IEP goals should be objective (data driven), rather than subjective (based upon observation). Reading achievement is often measured by standardized tests or through informal assessment. Second Step – Pick a Data-driven Means of Measuring Progress: Which of these skills does your child need to master?įor each area your child needs to master, write an IEP goal or two for reading. In addition, reading fluency and reading comprehension need to be taught and measured. The skills include phonemic awareness, decoding simple words, and decoding multi-syllable words.Your child also needs to learn sight words that don’t follow phonemic conventions. Learning to read well requires your child to master several skills. 😉 Follow these three steps to write great IEP goals for reading: First Step – Pick the Reading Tasks Your Child Needs to Master: The resources above also provide you with more clarity about the types of programs and goals your child should have. Getting this info will help you make sure your child’s education and IEP are on the right track. The Dyslexia Help Handbook for Parents.You can learn more about options for reading programs and procedures at: To make sure your child is getting the right kind reading instruction, you may also want to check out information to help you understand exactly what kinds of help your child needs.
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You can jump forward to the goals if you’d like, but I’d highly recommend understanding how to write GREAT, measurable goals by following the guidelines below. There are example IEP Goals for Reading listed below the information about how to write great goals.
There are sight word IEP goals for students of all levels.Having well written IEP goals for reading will give you the data you need, so you can KNOW if your child is making adequate yearly progress. Sight word IEP goals are a great way to work on early reading skills. This is a great goal for beginning readers.Įxample reading sight words in a story IEP goal: Given a story and verbal directive, student will read the given word in the story with 80% accuracy averaged weekly for 4 of 5 weeks as measured by teacher checklist. While reading the story with a student, point to the word they need to read, and direct them to read the word. Reading sight words words in a story Read Sight Words in a StoryĪnother great sight word IEP goal is to read sight words in a given story. Grade level sight word identification data sheetĮxample grade level sight word identification IEP goal: Given grade level sight words and a verbal directive, student will identify the verbalized word from a field of 3 with 90% accuracy averaged weekly for 4 of 5 weeks as measured by teacher checklist. I typically use this goal if I student spends a significant amount of time in the general education setting and they are a phonetic reader. If you have a student working more on grade level content, grade level sight word identification is a good way to go. Grade level sight word cards Grade Level Sight Word Identification Match picture to word data sheetĮxample matching picture to word IEP goal: Given a word and field of 3 pictures, student will match the word to the corresponding picture with 90% accuracy averaged weekly for 4 of 5 weeks as measured by teacher checklist. Both are a great way to teach comprehension of the words the student is reading. I have done this both ways- giving a field of words and one picture or a field of pictures and one word. Matching picture to word cards Match Picture to WordĪnother great sight word IEP goal is matching pictures to words. Example functional sight word identification data sheetĮxample functional sight word identification IEP goal: Given functional sight words and a verbal directive, student will read the word with 90% accuracy averaged weekly for 4 of 5 weeks as measured by teacher checklist.
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