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Answer questions after reading a braille passage

3-5, 6-8Percent accuracyTemplateReview and individualize before use. How templates are made
When to use this goal

For braille readers who decode connected text and need to show they gained meaning from it, reading silently or aloud. Present levels in braille reading and in listening comprehension decide the passage level.

Baseline
Compare comprehension after braille reading with comprehension of the same level of text read aloud to the student. A gap points to braille reading as the barrier; no gap points to language or comprehension skills.
Tips
Allow the student to answer in speech or braille unless writing is part of the goal. Let the student look back in the text, since finding a detail in braille takes practice too.
Limits
Low scores may come from slow decoding, language needs, or the questions themselves. The template does not replace comprehension goals in the reading area for the same student.

Original IEP Atlas template based on general measurement principles; not copied from any goal bank. ID ac-brl-019.

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Student

How the goal refers to the student

Skill

What the student will do

Something an adult can see, count or time.

Condition

When or under what conditions

Support

Support allowed

Criterion

Percent of attempted items answered correctly.

Sample numbers. Replace them with the student's data.

Criterion wording

Data collection

Scoring completed student work (permanent products) against a defined answer key or checklist.

How often data are collected
Mastery rule

How many measurements must meet the criterion.

Timeframe

Timeframe

Goal

By the annual IEP review date, given a contracted braille passage at the student's instructional level and 5 written questions in braille, the student will read the passage silently and answer each question in speech or in braille independently with at least 80% accuracy on comprehension questions, in 3 of 4 consecutive biweekly probes, as measured by work-sample analysis collected every two weeks.

Baseline: 50% accuracy.

  • Condition
  • Observable behavior
  • Criterion
  • Measurement method

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Measurability check11 of 11 met
  • Met: Observable behavior. Stated as an action.

  • Met: Condition. Stated.

  • Met: Unit fits the behavior. Percent accuracy fits this behavior.

  • Met: Explicit criterion. Number and unit stated.

  • Met: Mastery rule and schedule. Both stated.

  • Met: Method produces the metric. Work-sample analysis gives percent accuracy 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 Braille Literacy.

  • Met: Level of support. Defined.

  • Met: Blanks filled in. Nothing left to fill in.

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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.

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Area of need
Vision, Hearing & Assistive Technology - Braille Literacy
Baseline
50% accuracy.
Annual goal401 characters
By the annual IEP review date, given a contracted braille passage at the student's instructional level and 5 written questions in braille, the student will read the passage silently and answer each question in speech or in braille independently with at least 80% accuracy on comprehension questions, in 3 of 4 consecutive biweekly probes, as measured by work-sample analysis collected every two weeks.
Timeframe
By the annual IEP review date
Condition
Given a contracted braille passage at the student's instructional level and 5 written questions in braille
Behavior
The student will read the passage silently and answer each question in speech or in braille independently
Criteria
With at least 80% accuracy on comprehension questions, in 3 of 4 consecutive biweekly probes
Evaluation method
Work-sample analysis
Schedule
Every two weeks

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Matching data sheet

Accuracy tracker. Records number correct and number attempted.

The CSV opens in Excel or Google Sheets, with formulas. Sheets print blank; no student data is stored.