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Review attendance data and set a weekly goal

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When to use this goal

For high school students who track attendance (bh-att-011) and are ready to use their own data to plan. Present levels decide fit. The student sets the goal and names what will help; adults help remove barriers.

Baseline
Run the first meeting with the questions and mark which steps the student did on their own. Keep the tone curious, not judging.
Tips
The student owns the goal. Adults act on the barriers the student names (schedule, transport, a class). Score each meeting from observation.
Limits
Goal setting helps only with real supports behind it.

Original IEP Atlas template based on general measurement principles; not copied from any goal bank. ID bh-att-016.

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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

Number of routine steps performed independently.

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

Task-analysis steps

Write each step so an observer can mark it done or not done.

Criterion wording

Data collection

A routine is broken into ordered steps; each step is recorded as independent, supported, or not completed.

How often data are collected
Mastery rule

How many measurements must meet the criterion.

Timeframe

Timeframe

Goal

By the annual IEP review date, at a weekly meeting with their mentor or case manager, the student will look at their attendance graph, name a pattern, set next week's goal, and choose one strategy, performing at least 5 of 6 steps independently, across 4 consecutive weekly meetings, as measured by a task-analysis checklist collected weekly.

Baseline: 1 of 6 steps independently.

  • Condition
  • Observable behavior
  • Criterion
  • Measurement method

ObjectivesCopy by fieldData sheet

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

  • Met: Condition. Stated.

  • Met: Unit fits the behavior. Task-analysis steps fits this behavior.

  • Met: Explicit criterion. Number and unit stated.

  • Met: Mastery rule and schedule. Both stated.

  • Met: Method produces the metric. Task-analysis checklist gives task-analysis steps 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 School Attendance & Punctuality.

  • 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.

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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
Behavior & Classroom Expectations - School Attendance & Punctuality
Baseline
1 of 6 steps independently.
Annual goal342 characters
By the annual IEP review date, at a weekly meeting with their mentor or case manager, the student will look at their attendance graph, name a pattern, set next week's goal, and choose one strategy, performing at least 5 of 6 steps independently, across 4 consecutive weekly meetings, as measured by a task-analysis checklist collected weekly.
Timeframe
By the annual IEP review date
Condition
At a weekly meeting with their mentor or case manager
Behavior
The student will look at their attendance graph, name a pattern, set next week's goal, and choose one strategy
Criteria
Performing at least 5 of 6 steps independently, across 4 consecutive weekly meetings
Evaluation method
A task-analysis checklist
Schedule
Weekly

Copied as plain text, with straight quotes and plain dashes.

Matching data sheet

Task-analysis checklist. Marks each step in each session.

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