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IEP goal helper: draft SMART goal wordings v0.1.0

There is no box for a name or a detail about a child. Put those in your own school system.

Before you use theseThese are drafting aids. A goal has to come from the student's own evaluation and present levels, and it is set by the IEP team with the family. Peabody gives no legal or clinical advice. Check the wording against your district's form and your special education teacher or case manager.

Sounding out words: 5 draft wordings

Draft 1: Starting point (more support)

Given a list of 20 words with one taught pattern and a picture or sound cue, [Student] will read grade-level words with the spelling patterns being taught with 70% accuracy in 3 of 4 trials, by the next annual review.

Draft 2: Next step

Given a list of 20 words that mix two taught patterns, [Student] will read grade-level words with the spelling patterns being taught with 80% accuracy in 3 consecutive sessions, by the next annual review.

Draft 3: Growing independence

Given a short decodable text of 50 to 80 words, [Student] will read grade-level words with the spelling patterns being taught with 85% accuracy in 4 of 5 trials, by the next annual review.

Draft 4: Independent, grade-level

Given an unfamiliar grade-level passage, [Student] will read grade-level words with the spelling patterns being taught with 90% accuracy in 3 consecutive sessions, by the next annual review.

Draft 5: Carry over to new places

Given a familiar task in two different settings with two different adults, [Student] will read grade-level words with the spelling patterns being taught with 85% accuracy in 4 of 5 trials, by the next annual review.

How to measure

Give a short word list or a running record once a week from the same level of text. Count words read correctly out of words tried and note the errors, so the next lesson teaches the pattern that tripped them.

Percent correct is the number right divided by the number tried, taken over the number of sessions in the criterion. Use work samples or a short probe, not memory.

For draft 5, take data in each setting and for each adult separately, then compare them.

Condition, behavior, criterion and timeline are the four parts of each goal. Change the numbers to fit the baseline in the evaluation.

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Pick a subject area, a grade and a skill and get five draft goal wordings, each with a condition, a behavior, a criterion and a timeline, plus how to measure them. A drafting aid for your IEP team to adapt. Free, with no names and no AI.

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How to use it

  1. Choose a subject area, a grade and a skill. The skills change with the grade.
  2. Choose a timeline: the annual review, 36 weeks, or a shorter step.
  3. Read the five drafts, from more support to independent. Pick the step that fits the baseline in the student's evaluation, and change the numbers to match.
  4. Copy or print the wording and finish it in your school's IEP system, where the student's name and details belong.

Ideas for class

  • Start from the present levels in the evaluation, then choose the draft whose criterion is a real stretch from where the student is.
  • Write the how-to-measure line into the plan too, so everyone takes the same data in the same way.
  • Look at the draft's condition: it names the support the student gets, which is part of the goal.
  • Use the shorter timeline to write a benchmark under a yearly goal.
  • Share the wording with the family before the meeting so they can say what matters to them.
  • Pair a goal with a strength: what does the student already do well that the goal can build on?

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Questions

Where do IEP goals come from?

From the student's evaluation and present levels of performance, written by the IEP team with the family. A drafting aid cannot know a child. Use these wordings as a starting shape and change them to fit the real data.

Is this legal or clinical advice?

No. Peabody gives no legal or clinical advice. Your district, your case manager and your special education teacher decide what a goal must include.

What makes a goal SMART?

Specific, measurable, achievable, relevant and time-bound. Each draft here names the condition (what support or materials), the behavior (what the student will do), the criterion (how well, how often) and the timeline.

Does it ask for the student's name?

No. The wording says [Student]. There is no box for a name, a diagnosis or any detail about a child, so nothing like that can be typed in, saved or sent. Only your menu choices are remembered, in this browser.

Did an AI write these?

No. A teacher-written bank of skills and wordings builds them. There is no model, no network request and no account.

Nothing you pick is sent to us, and there is no box for a student's name or details. Menu choices stay in this browser. No sign-in, no ads, no AI. What each tool stores