Special Education IEP Goals

Measurable IEP Goals

Measurable IEP Goals

Federal law, IDEA 2004: Sec. 300.320 Under Definition of Individualized Education Program:, requires that the IEP include:

(2)(i) A statement of measurable annual goals, including academic and functional goals designed to-- (A) Meet the child's needs that result from the child's disability to enable the child to be involved in and make progress in the general education curriculum; and (B) Meet each of the child's other educational needs that result from the child's disability; (ii) For children with disabilities who take alternate assessments aligned to alternate achievement standards, a description of benchmarks or short-term objectives;

(3) A description of-- (i) How the child's progress toward meeting the annual goals described in paragraph (2) of this section will be measured; and (ii) When periodic reports on the progress the child is making toward meeting the annual goals.

(IDEA 97: Sec. 300.347(a)(2) Under Content of IEP: "A statement of measurable annual goals, including benchmarks of short-term objectives." Also, there is a strong emphasis in Part B that the goals of the IEP will be attached to the general curriculum.)

Number of Goals

Under Federal law, IDEA and state special education; there is NO LIMIT stated in either law on the number of goals contain in an IEP.

Federal Reg., Section 300.347(a)(2) Requires that each child's IEP include: "A statement of measurable annual goals, including benchmarks or short-term objectives, related to (i) meeting the child's needs that result from the child's disability to enable the child to be involved in and progress in the general curriculum ...; and (ii) meeting each of the child's other educational needs that result from the child's disability....".

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