Where will data collection occur tip clearly identify

-Where will data collection occur? Tip: Clearly identify each relevant setting or context in which
data will be collected. Don’t broadly describe the setting or context (e.g., in the general education
setting) or omit it completely.
When will data collection occur? Tip: Maintain a consistent data-collection schedule.

How well will the student need to perform in order to achieve his or her stated IEP goals (i.e.,
performance criteria)?: Use the performance criterion from the annual goal.
◦ Link: formative assessments [definition] : A system of providing continual feedback about
students’ preconceptions and performances to both learners and instructors; an ongoing
evaluation of student learning.
◦ Audio: Tamara McLean explains how different types of assessments help to inform both
general education and special education teachers on a student’s progress: “ To make our
instruction valid we need to know exactly where they are”
◦ Legislation and Litigation [box]: The use of “teacher observation” by itself is not a legitimate
way of monitoring student progress - Board of Education of the Rhinebeck Central School
District, 2003, p. 148. The progress monitoring plan should be clear and easy to understand. The
data collected should be used to adjust the IEP document as needed - Escambia County Public
School System (2004)
• Reporting Progress to Parents
◦ The parents of a 2nd-grade student who only receives special education services for reading
might receive... [bullet points]
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The same weekly academic and behavior updates as the other parents
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A report card every nine weeks with grades for all of their child’s subjects
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A report on her progress toward meeting her annual IEP goals in reading
◦ Things to keep in mind when reporting progress to parents [bullet points]
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Avoid using jargon
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Use graphs to provide visual representations of the data
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Present information in parent’s home language whenever possible
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State clearly whether the student is on track to meet her annual goals
◦ Audio: Tamara McLean explains two different ways that teachers at her school report progress
to parents: IEP progress reports and progress monitoring data
• Implications of Endrew on Progress Monitoring and Reporting: The Supreme Court’s ruling
requires that a higher substantive standard must now be used to determine educational benefit:
An IEP must be “reasonably calculated to enable a child to make progress appropriate in light of
the child’s circumstances.”
◦ Legislation and Litigation [box]: A substantive standard not focused on student progress would
do little to remedy the pervasive and tragic academic stagnation that prompted Congress to act. -
Endrew Case
◦ For Your Information: There is probably less substantive compliance with this component of
the IEP than any other. Too often teachers don’t understand how to effectively collect and
interpret data.