Compare results to the prediction after a lab
When to use this goal
For students who make predictions before labs but never return to them, so the prediction stays a guess and not something tested. Present levels in writing or saying one complete sentence about results decide fit.
- Baseline
- Review the last five labs: did the student return to the prediction, and did they cite a result? An opportunity counts only when both parts are present.
- Tips
- Pairs with the prediction rubric template (ca-sci-012). Treat a prediction that was not supported as a success of the routine, never as a wrong answer. Oral responses count if an adult records them.
- Limits
- Opportunities depend on how often labs happen; set the window around the science schedule. The goal does not judge why results differed from the prediction.
Original IEP Atlas template based on general measurement principles; not copied from any goal bank. ID ca-sci-019.
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Goal
By the annual IEP review date, after a science investigation, given the prediction the student wrote before the lab and the class results, the student will state whether the results matched the prediction and name one result that shows it independently in at least 4 of 5 opportunities, across 5 consecutive investigations, as measured by opportunity-by-opportunity data collected at each investigation.
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 Science Skills.
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
- Science, Social Studies & Digital Literacy - Science Skills
- Baseline
- 1 of 5 opportunities.
- Annual goal403 characters
- By the annual IEP review date, after a science investigation, given the prediction the student wrote before the lab and the class results, the student will state whether the results matched the prediction and name one result that shows it independently in at least 4 of 5 opportunities, across 5 consecutive investigations, as measured by opportunity-by-opportunity data collected at each investigation.
- Timeframe
- By the annual IEP review date
- Condition
- After a science investigation, given the prediction the student wrote before the lab and the class results
- Behavior
- The student will state whether the results matched the prediction and name one result that shows it independently
- Criteria
- In at least 4 of 5 opportunities, across 5 consecutive investigations
- Evaluation method
- Opportunity-by-opportunity data
- Schedule
- At each investigation
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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 5 consecutive investigations
- Collection schedule:
- at each investigation
- Method:
- Opportunity (trial) recording
- Data collector:
Goal: By the annual IEP review date, after a science investigation, given the prediction the student wrote before the lab and the class results, the student will state whether the results matched the prediction and name one result that shows it independently in at least 4 of 5 opportunities, across 5 consecutive investigations, as measured by opportunity-by-opportunity data collected at each investigation.
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.
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