Week 7

Which of the following was NOT a learning target for today?

• Deconstruct an academic standard to identify key components

• Understand how a Present Levels of Educational Performance (PLEP) statement aligns with academic standards.

• • Explain the importance of standards-based IEPs and how they support access to the general curriculum for students with significant disabilities

• Develop well-structured, standards-based IEP goals and objectives that are individualized and measurable

Why is it important to deconstruct academic standards?

• Teacher have the time so why not!

• No Child Left Behind!

• It is required for the IEP

• • It provides a coherent and cohesive map of the critical knowledge and skills needed by students as they exit the k-12 system. ​

What is YOUR role as a special education teacher?

• Align instruction to what families want their kid to know

• Align instruction to IEP goals

• Fake it, til you make it

• Align instruction & IEP goals to grade-level standards and MOVE students towards their goals!

When we deconstruct standands, Verbs are ____ and Nouns are ____.

• Verbs are Skills

• Verbs are Concepts

• Nouns are Skills

• Nouns are Concepts

What is the first step in deconstructing an academic standard?

• Identify the verbs (skills) and nouns (concepts) in the standard

• Write an IEP goal based on the standard

• Determine how the student’s disability affects performance

• Compare the standard to the previous grade level

Depth of Knowledge (DOK) levels are used to:

• A. Determine whether a student qualifies for special education services

• B. Identify the level of thinking required to master a skill

• C. Measure how fast a student learns a new skill

• D. Decide if a student should take an alternate assessment

Why are standards-based IEPs important?

• A. They ensure students focus only on life skills.

• B. They align IEP goals to grade-level academic standards, ensuring access to the general curriculum.

• C. They replace the need for accommodations and modifications.

• D. They focus only on functional skills, not academics.

According to IDEA, what is the primary goal of a standards-based IEP?

• A. To ensure students with disabilities receive a free and appropriate public education (FAPE)

• B. To remove students with disabilities from the general education curriculum

• C. To focus only on functional skills, not academics

• D. To increase the number of students in special education programs

Which IEP goal is best aligned with a standards-based approach?

• A. By the end of the IEP period, [Student] will improve in math by working hard and practicing daily.

• B. By the end of the IEP period, given structured supports, [Student] will solve one-step real-world problems involving positive and negative rational numbers with 80% accuracy in 4 out of 5 trials.

• C. By the end of the IEP period, [Student] will complete classroom assignments with teacher assistance.

• D. By the end of the IEP period, [Student] will get better at reading comprehension and fluency.

What is the purpose of short-term objectives in an IEP?

• A. To describe long-term academic expectations

• B. To list general classroom strategies

• C. To track progress toward the annual IEP goal

• D. To replace the need for a PLEP statement