This document discusses writing standards-based IEP goals using the Common Core. It provides a methodology for writing measurable goals that include representation, action/expression, and specific criteria. Key aspects include identifying the core purpose of a standard, using common core verbs, and ensuring the goal is observable, measurable, and includes criteria for determining if the student has accomplished the task. The document demonstrates this process by taking a 5th grade reading standard and writing a measurable goal for a student to use quotes when explaining a text with 80% accuracy on summaries within a given timeframe.

1. Writing
Standards-based IEPs
with the
Common Core

2. The Challenge

4. Good artists borrow.
Great artists steal.
-- Pablo Picasso

5. Writing Goals
We follow a strict content development methodology based on best practices

7. 1. Core Purpose
Our Goals
2. Measurable
3. Goalbook

8. Agenda
What is the Core Purpose of a
Standard?
Practice Identifying the Core Purpose
Writing Measurable Goals
Practice
Introducing Goalbook
Anatomy of a Goalbook Goal
Goalbook Scavenger Hunt
Q&A
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9. Identify the
Core Purpose
Select a grade level standard Identify the core purpose Write a measurable goal

11. Core Purpose

12. Quote accurately from a text when
explaining what the text says explicitly and
when drawing inferences from the text.
5th Grade
Reading Literacy
Standard 1
Use quotes when explaining a text
Use evidence when explaining

13. Interpret products of whole numbers, e.g.,
interpret 5 7 as the total number of objects
in 5 groups of 7 objects each. For example,
describe a context in which a total number
of objects can be expressed as 5 7.
3th Grade
Operations and
Algebraic Thinking
Standard
Understand multiplication
as groupings of objects

14. Core Purpose

15. Explain how specific aspects of a text’s
illustrations contribute to what is conveyed
by the words in a story (e.g., create
mood, emphasize aspects of a character or
setting).
3rd Grade
Reading Literature
Standard 7
Explain how an illustration
contributes to the story

16. Describe in depth a character, setting, or
event in a story or drama, drawing on
specific details in the text (e.g., a character’s
thoughts, words, or actions).
4th Grade
Reading Literature
Standard 3
Describe a story element using
details from the text

17. Draw on information from multiple print or
digital sources, demonstrating the ability to
locate an answer to a question quickly or to
solve a problem efficiently.
5th Grade
Reading Informational
Standard 7
Answer questions using multiple sources

18. Determine a central idea of a text and how it
is conveyed through particular details;
provide a summary of the text distinct from
personal opinions or judgments.
6th Grade
Reading Informational
Standard 2
Determine main idea and
supporting details of text

19. Describe how a particular story’s or drama’s
plot unfolds in a series of episodes as well
as how the characters respond or change as
the plot moves toward a resolution.
.
6th Grade
Reading Literature
Standard 3
Describe changes
in plot and characters

20. Trace and evaluate the argument and
specific claims in a text, assessing whether
the reasoning is sound and the evidence is
relevant and sufficient to support the claims.
7th Grade
Reading Informational
Standard 8
Evaluate an argument based on
reasoning and evidence

21. Determine an author’s point of view or
purpose in a text and analyze how the
author acknowledges and responds to
conflicting evidence or viewpoints.
8th Grade
Reading Informational
Standard 6
Determine the author’s
purpose in the text

22. Core Purpose

23. Write a
measurable
goal
Select a grade level standard Identify the core purpose Write a measurable goal

24. Quote accurately from a text when
explaining what the text says explicitly and
when drawing inferences from the text.
5th Grade
Reading Informational
Standard 1
Use quotes when explaining a text

25. Use quotes when explaining a text5.RI.1
Measurable?
By Feb 2014, Linus will use
quotes when explaining a text.

26. Use quotes when explaining a text5.RI.1
How about now?
By Feb 2014, Linus will use
quotes when explaining a text
with 80% accuracy in 2 out of 3
trials.

27. Common Core Verbs
Analyze
Determine
Evaluate
Identify
Interpret Explain

29. Representation Action & Expression
Specific Criteria
Components of
Measurable Goal

30. Representation
Representation
How will the task be
presented to the
student?
Given _________________, Linus will …
After __________________, Linus will …

31. Representation
Representation
By Feb 2014, Linus will use
quotes when explaining a
text with 80% accuracy in 2
out of 3 trials

32. Representation
Representation
After independently reading a
grade level article, …
After listening to a grade level
article read aloud and then
reading independently, …

33. Action & Expression
Expression
What observable
evidence will the
student produce when
they perform the task?
… , Linus will ____________________

34. Action & Expression
Expression
By Feb 2014, Linus will use
quotes when explaining a
text with 80% accuracy in 2
out of 3 trials

35. Action & Expression
Expression
… Linus will write a brief
summary of the article (5-8
sentences) which describes the
author’s main idea, includes at
least three of the author’s key
points, and use at least three
quotations from the text.

36. Given
_________________, Linus will
…
After __________________,
Linus will …
Representation
… , Linus will
____________________
Expression

37. Specific Criteria
Specific Criteria
How will you know if the
student accomplished the
task?

38. Specific Criteria
Specific Criteria
By Feb 2014, Linus will use
quotes when explaining a
text with 80% accuracy in
2 out of 3 trials

39. Specific Criteria
Specific Criteria
… write a brief summary of the article (5-8
sentences) which describes the author’s
main idea, includes at least three of the
author’s key points, and uses at least three
quotations from the text.

40. By Feb 2014, after independently
reading a grade level article, Linus will
write a brief summary of the article (5-8
sentences) which describes the author’s
main idea, includes at least three of the
author’s key points, and use at least
three quotations from the text.
Our Measurable Goal
By Feb 2014, Linus
will use quotes when
explaining a text with
80% accuracy in 2 out
of 3 trials.

41. Demo
Searching for Goals

43. Demo
Anatomy of a Goal

45. Activity
Goal Bank Scavenger Hunt

46. Q & A
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