Standards-Based Goals and Objectives

The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) 2004 regulations explicitly require that no longer is a student simply to have “access” to the general education curriculum, rather they are now expected to be “instructed and make progress” in the general curriculum.

Aligning Student Focused IEP Goals to State Content Standards

Aligning Student Focused IEP Goals to State Content Standards provides the skill and tools to analyze relevant datato establish a student’s baseline, develop a data based present level of academic achievement and functioning performance, develop individualized goals based on state standards, write goals that are instructionally easy to implement, select appropriate progress monitoring procedures, align student focused goals to the general education curriculum, utilize goal banks more effectively and ensure state and federal compliance.

• Data Sources, Collection and Analysis


• Present Levels of Academic Achievement and Functional Performance


• Standards Based Goals


• Objectives or Benchmarks


• Application of Skills Learned