Use built-in read-aloud tools on tests
When to use this goal
For students with text-to-speech or other embedded tools as testing accommodations who do not use them on computer-based tests. Present levels in tool use during practice tests decide fit.
- Baseline
- Watch a practice test and record, by section, whether the student used the tools. Ask why they did or did not.
- Tips
- Practice on the real test platform well before test day. Some students avoid tools in front of peers; plan seating or headphones.
- Limits
- The template does not measure scores. Tools must be listed as accommodations where required. The AT specialist and team choose the tool from an AT assessment and trial data; the template measures what the student does with it, not the tool's quality.
Original IEP Atlas template based on general measurement principles; not copied from any goal bank. ID ac-at-022.
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Goal
By the annual IEP review date, during a computer-based practice test or classroom quiz with text-to-speech and other approved tools, the student will turn on the approved tools and use them on items with long text or hard words independently in 4 of 4 opportunities, across 2 consecutive practice tests, as measured by direct observation collected with each practice test.
Baseline: 1 of 4 opportunities.
- Condition
- Observable behavior
- Criterion
- Measurement method
Measurability check11 of 11 met
Met: Observable behavior. Stated as an action.
Met: Condition. Stated.
Met: Unit fits the behavior. Opportunities fits this behavior.
Met: Explicit criterion. Number and unit stated.
Met: Mastery rule and schedule. Both stated.
Met: Method produces the metric. Direct observation gives opportunities data.
Met: Review timeframe. Stated.
Met: Baseline and target compatible. Same unit, change in the right direction.
Met: Aligned with area of need. Still about Assistive Technology Use.
Met: Level of support. Defined.
Met: Blanks filled in. Nothing left to fill in.
Checks structure and wording only. Whether the goal fits the student is the team's call.
Short-term objectives (optional)
When are objectives required?Required for students on alternate assessments (34 CFR §300.320(a)(2)(ii)); some states require them for everyone.
Paste into your IEP system
Most district systems have a separate box for each part of a goal. Copy them one at a time, or all at once as labeled text.
- Area of need
- Vision, Hearing & Assistive Technology - Assistive Technology Use
- Baseline
- 1 of 4 opportunities.
- Annual goal372 characters
- By the annual IEP review date, during a computer-based practice test or classroom quiz with text-to-speech and other approved tools, the student will turn on the approved tools and use them on items with long text or hard words independently in 4 of 4 opportunities, across 2 consecutive practice tests, as measured by direct observation collected with each practice test.
- Timeframe
- By the annual IEP review date
- Condition
- During a computer-based practice test or classroom quiz with text-to-speech and other approved tools
- Behavior
- The student will turn on the approved tools and use them on items with long text or hard words independently
- Criteria
- In 4 of 4 opportunities, across 2 consecutive practice tests
- Evaluation method
- Direct observation
- Schedule
- With each practice test
Copied as plain text, with straight quotes and plain dashes.
Matching data sheet
Opportunity tracker. One box per opportunity in each session.
Opportunity tracker
Opportunities- Student label:
- Target:
- in 4 of 4 opportunities
- Mastery rule:
- across 2 consecutive practice tests
- Collection schedule:
- with each practice test
- Method:
- Direct observation
- Data collector:
Goal: By the annual IEP review date, during a computer-based practice test or classroom quiz with text-to-speech and other approved tools, the student will turn on the approved tools and use them on items with long text or hard words independently in 4 of 4 opportunities, across 2 consecutive practice tests, as measured by direct observation collected with each practice test.
Key: + demonstrated independently · P demonstrated with a prompt (note type) · − not demonstrated · NA no opportunity occurred
| Date | Activity / context | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | # + (of 4) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Preview shows 4 of 12 rows.
- Record up to 4 opportunities per session, matching the goal's denominator.
- Define in advance what counts as an opportunity so every data collector records the same thing.
- Count only + marks toward the criterion unless the goal specifies prompted responses.
The CSV opens in Excel or Google Sheets, with formulas. Sheets print blank; no student data is stored.