ANNUAL GOALS

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Practice items are requirements, which must be reflected in practice.

34 Code of Federal Regulations § 300.320  Definition of individualized education program. 

(a) General. As used in this part, the term individualized education program or IEP means a written statement for each child with a disability that is developed, reviewed, and revised in a meeting in accordance with §§300.320 through 300.324, and that must 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; 
. . . 


Last Amended:  72 FR 61307, Oct. 30, 2007
Entered:  June 8, 2009

34 Code of Federal Regulations § 300.320  Definition of individualized education program. 

(a) General. As used in this part, the term individualized education program or IEP means a written statement for each child with a disability that is developed, reviewed, and revised in a meeting in accordance with §§300.320 through 300.324, and that must 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 
. . . 


Last Amended:  72 FR 61307, Oct. 30, 2007
Entered:  June 8, 2009

34 Code of Federal Regulations § 300.320  Definition of individualized education program. 

(a) General. As used in this part, the term individualized education program or IEP means a written statement for each child with a disability that is developed, reviewed, and revised in a meeting in accordance with §§300.320 through 300.324, and that must include— 
. . .   
    (2)
       (i) A statement of measurable annual goals, including academic and functional goals designed to— 
. . . 
          (B) Meet each of the child’s other educational needs that result from the child’s disability; 
. . . 


Last Amended:  72 FR 61307, Oct. 30, 2007
Entered:  June 8, 2009

34 Code of Federal Regulations § 300.320  Definition of individualized education program. 

(a) General. As used in this part, the term individualized education program or IEP means a written statement for each child with a disability that is developed, reviewed, and revised in a meeting in accordance with §§300.320 through 300.324, and that must include— 
. . .  
    (2)
. . . 
       (ii) For children with disabilities who take alternate assessments aligned to alternate academic achievement standards, a description of benchmarks or short-term objectives; 
. . . 


Last Amended:  72 FR 61307, Oct. 30, 2007
Entered:  June 8, 2009

34 Code of Federal Regulations § 300.320  Definition of individualized education program. 

(a) General. As used in this part, the term individualized education program or IEP means a written statement for each child with a disability that is developed, reviewed, and revised in a meeting in accordance with §§300.320 through 300.324, and that must include— 
. . .  
(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 (such as through the use of quarterly or other periodic reports, concurrent with the issuance of report cards) will be provided; 
. . . 


Last Amended:  72 FR 61307, Oct. 30, 2007
Entered:  June 8, 2009

34 Code of Federal Regulations § 300.320  Definition of individualized education program. 

(a) General. As used in this part, the term individualized education program or IEP means a written statement for each child with a disability that is developed, reviewed, and revised in a meeting in accordance with §§300.320 through 300.324, and that must include— 
. . .  
    (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 
. . . 


Last Amended:  72 FR 61307, Oct. 30, 2007
Entered:  June 8, 2009

34 Code of Federal Regulations § 300.320  Definition of individualized education program. 

(a) General. As used in this part, the term individualized education program or IEP means a written statement for each child with a disability that is developed, reviewed, and revised in a meeting in accordance with §§300.320 through 300.324, and that must include— 
. . . 
    (3) A description of— 
. . . 
       (ii) When periodic reports on the progress the child is making toward meeting the annual goals (such as through the use of quarterly or other periodic reports, concurrent with the issuance of report cards) will be provided; 
. . . 


Last Amended:  72 FR 61307, Oct. 30, 2007
Entered:  June 8, 2009

 

IEP Annual Goal Development Question & Answer Document (TEA SPED Support)

Standards-Based Individualized Education Program Guidance (TEA)

Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) (TEA)

A Seven-Step Process to Creating Standards-based IEPs (OSEP)

Standards-Based IEP—Implementation Update (NASDSE)

Standards-Based IEP Examples (NASDSE)

OSEP Letter to Hayden (October 3, 1994)

OSEP Letter to Kelly (August 24, 2007)

OSERS Dear Colleague Letter (November 16, 2015)

OSEP Letter to Lenz (February 7, 2014)