Read along with audio text and check questions
When to use this goal
For high school students who use audio versions of texts as an accommodation but whose present levels show the audio playing while attention moves to other things. Use when the student's IEP already provides audio text. Present levels decide the starting minutes.
- Baseline
- In class, time from pressing play to the first point where the student stops following (phone use, unrelated tab, audio running past a check question unanswered). At home, use the reading app's listening log with the check questions as confirmation. Collect at least four sessions.
- Tips
- Check questions are short (one word or a sentence) and placed in the text or a shared document. Let the student set the playback speed; many read along faster than default. Data from home is useful but should be confirmed by in-class observations.
- Limits
- Audio logs show the audio ran, not that the student attended; the check questions are the evidence. Does not measure reading comprehension beyond the checks.
Original IEP Atlas template based on general measurement principles; not copied from any goal bank. ID ef-att-026.
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Goal
By the annual IEP review date, during an independent reading period with an assigned text and its audio version, the student will read along with the audio text, following the print and answering each embedded check question independently for at least 25 minutes, in 3 of 4 consecutive weekly observations, as measured by duration recording collected weekly.
Baseline: 6 minutes.
- 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. Duration fits this behavior.
Met: Explicit criterion. Number and unit stated.
Met: Mastery rule and schedule. Both stated.
Met: Method produces the metric. Duration recording gives duration 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 Sustained Attention & Task Engagement.
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
- Executive Function - Sustained Attention & Task Engagement
- Baseline
- 6 minutes.
- Annual goal358 characters
- By the annual IEP review date, during an independent reading period with an assigned text and its audio version, the student will read along with the audio text, following the print and answering each embedded check question independently for at least 25 minutes, in 3 of 4 consecutive weekly observations, as measured by duration recording collected weekly.
- Timeframe
- By the annual IEP review date
- Condition
- During an independent reading period with an assigned text and its audio version
- Behavior
- The student will read along with the audio text, following the print and answering each embedded check question independently
- Criteria
- For at least 25 minutes, in 3 of 4 consecutive weekly observations
- Evaluation method
- Duration recording
- Schedule
- Weekly
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Matching data sheet
Duration tracker. Records start and end times.
Duration tracker
Duration- Student label:
- Target:
- for at least 25 minutes
- Mastery rule:
- in 3 of 4 consecutive weekly observations
- Collection schedule:
- weekly
- Method:
- Duration recording
- Data collector:
Goal: By the annual IEP review date, during an independent reading period with an assigned text and its audio version, the student will read along with the audio text, following the print and answering each embedded check question independently for at least 25 minutes, in 3 of 4 consecutive weekly observations, as measured by duration recording collected weekly.
| Date | Activity / context | Start time | End time | Duration (minutes) | Target duration | Support levele.g., independent, 1 verbal prompt | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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- Start timing when the defined behavior begins and stop when it ends, using the definitions agreed by the team.
- The goal is reached when duration is at least the target (25 minutes).
- Note interruptions that weren't caused by the student.
The CSV opens in Excel or Google Sheets, with formulas. Sheets print blank; no student data is stored.