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Find the cost of several same-price items

9-12, 6-8, 3-5Percent accuracyTemplateReview and individualize before use. How templates are made
When to use this goal

For students who add a price over and over to find the cost of 6 items, or who do not know when to multiply in shopping situations. Present levels in money notation and multiplication with a calculator decide readiness.

Baseline
Record whether the student adds repeatedly, multiplies, or adds the quantity to the price. Include whole-dollar prices so the operation choice can be seen apart from decimals.
Tips
Use real menus and flyers. Pair with a budget or enough-money goal so the total has a purpose.
Limits
Does not cover tax, discounts or mixed items; those are in consumer math under problem solving.

Original IEP Atlas template based on general measurement principles; not copied from any goal bank. ID ma-md-036.

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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

Percent of attempted items answered correctly.

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

Criterion wording

Data collection

Scoring completed student work (permanent products) against a defined answer key or checklist.

How often data are collected
Mastery rule

How many measurements must meet the criterion.

Timeframe

Timeframe

Goal

By the annual IEP review date, given 10 shopping situations such as 4 notebooks at $1.79 each, with a calculator, the student will multiply the quantity by the price and write the total with a dollar sign and decimal point independently with at least 90% accuracy on cost totals, on 3 of 4 consecutive probes, as measured by work-sample analysis collected every two weeks.

Baseline: 40% accuracy.

  • 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. Percent accuracy fits this behavior.

  • Met: Explicit criterion. Number and unit stated.

  • Met: Mastery rule and schedule. Both stated.

  • Met: Method produces the metric. Work-sample analysis gives percent accuracy 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 Multiplication & Division.

  • Met: Level of support. Defined.

  • Met: Blanks filled in. Nothing left to fill in.

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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
Math - Multiplication & Division
Baseline
40% accuracy.
Annual goal372 characters
By the annual IEP review date, given 10 shopping situations such as 4 notebooks at $1.79 each, with a calculator, the student will multiply the quantity by the price and write the total with a dollar sign and decimal point independently with at least 90% accuracy on cost totals, on 3 of 4 consecutive probes, as measured by work-sample analysis collected every two weeks.
Timeframe
By the annual IEP review date
Condition
Given 10 shopping situations such as 4 notebooks at $1.79 each, with a calculator
Behavior
The student will multiply the quantity by the price and write the total with a dollar sign and decimal point independently
Criteria
With at least 90% accuracy on cost totals, on 3 of 4 consecutive probes
Evaluation method
Work-sample analysis
Schedule
Every two weeks

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Matching data sheet

Accuracy tracker. Records number correct and number attempted.

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