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Submit long-term work at least one day before it is due

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When to use this goal

For students whose present levels show every long-term assignment submitted in the final minutes, often incomplete because one thing went wrong. For students who complete work but cut it close.

Baseline
Check platform timestamps for recent long-term assignments: how long before the deadline were they submitted? Record late submissions separately. Ask the student what usually happens the night before.
Tips
Each long-term assignment is one opportunity. Met means the final version is submitted before the start of the school day before the due date. Write the personal due date in the planner as if it were real. Pair with ef-pl-015 if the student has no plan to work from.
Limits
Long-term assignments are infrequent; data accumulate slowly. Teachers who accept resubmissions make the early submission less meaningful; agree on what version counts.

Original IEP Atlas template based on general measurement principles; not copied from any goal bank. ID ef-tm-012.

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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 opportunities in which the behavior is demonstrated, out of a fixed number.

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

Criterion wording

Data collection

Each planned or naturally occurring opportunity is recorded as correct/independent, prompted, or not demonstrated.

How often data are collected
Mastery rule

How many measurements must meet the criterion.

Timeframe

Timeframe

Goal

By the annual IEP review date, when a long-term assignment has a due date at least one week after it is assigned, the student will submit the completed assignment at least one school day before the due date independently in at least 3 of 4 opportunities, across 2 consecutive grading periods, as measured by opportunity-by-opportunity data collected each long-term assignment, summarized each grading period.

Baseline: 0 of 4 opportunities.

  • 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. 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 Time Management.

  • 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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Area of need
Executive Function - Time Management
Baseline
0 of 4 opportunities.
Annual goal408 characters
By the annual IEP review date, when a long-term assignment has a due date at least one week after it is assigned, the student will submit the completed assignment at least one school day before the due date independently in at least 3 of 4 opportunities, across 2 consecutive grading periods, as measured by opportunity-by-opportunity data collected each long-term assignment, summarized each grading period.
Timeframe
By the annual IEP review date
Condition
When a long-term assignment has a due date at least one week after it is assigned
Behavior
The student will submit the completed assignment at least one school day before the due date independently
Criteria
In at least 3 of 4 opportunities, across 2 consecutive grading periods
Evaluation method
Opportunity-by-opportunity data
Schedule
Each long-term assignment, summarized each grading period

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Matching data sheet

Opportunity tracker. One box per opportunity in each session.

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