Choose print, magnification, or audio for a task
When to use this goal
For students with several tools (large print, magnifier, video magnifier, screen zoom, audio) who use one tool for everything or let adults decide. Present levels in using each tool decide fit.
- Baseline
- Present five tasks of different types and record the tool chosen and whether it worked. Ask the student how they decided.
- Tips
- There is often more than one right answer; score whether the choice is reasonable and whether the student can say why. This prepares students for college and work, where no one chooses for them.
- Limits
- Scoring needs judgment; agree on reasonable choices ahead of time. The template does not measure skill with each tool.
Original IEP Atlas template based on general measurement principles; not copied from any goal bank. ID ac-lv-024.
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Goal
By the annual IEP review date, when given a new assignment, reading, or test that could be done with more than one tool, the student will choose the tool that fits the task, explain the choice, and use it to start the task independently in at least 4 of 5 opportunities, across 3 consecutive weeks, as measured by opportunity-by-opportunity data collected weekly.
Baseline: 1 of 5 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. Opportunity (trial) recording 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 Low Vision & Visual Efficiency.
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 - Low Vision & Visual Efficiency
- Baseline
- 1 of 5 opportunities.
- Annual goal363 characters
- By the annual IEP review date, when given a new assignment, reading, or test that could be done with more than one tool, the student will choose the tool that fits the task, explain the choice, and use it to start the task independently in at least 4 of 5 opportunities, across 3 consecutive weeks, as measured by opportunity-by-opportunity data collected weekly.
- Timeframe
- By the annual IEP review date
- Condition
- When given a new assignment, reading, or test that could be done with more than one tool
- Behavior
- The student will choose the tool that fits the task, explain the choice, and use it to start the task independently
- Criteria
- In at least 4 of 5 opportunities, across 3 consecutive weeks
- Evaluation method
- Opportunity-by-opportunity data
- Schedule
- Weekly
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Matching data sheet
Opportunity tracker. One box per opportunity in each session.
Opportunity tracker
Opportunities- Student label:
- Target:
- in at least 4 of 5 opportunities
- Mastery rule:
- across 3 consecutive weeks
- Collection schedule:
- weekly
- Method:
- Opportunity (trial) recording
- Data collector:
Goal: By the annual IEP review date, when given a new assignment, reading, or test that could be done with more than one tool, the student will choose the tool that fits the task, explain the choice, and use it to start the task independently in at least 4 of 5 opportunities, across 3 consecutive weeks, as measured by opportunity-by-opportunity data collected weekly.
Key: + demonstrated independently · P demonstrated with a prompt (note type) · − not demonstrated · NA no opportunity occurred
| Date | Activity / context | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | # + (of 5) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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- Record up to 5 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.