Choose the right measuring tool and unit for a task
When to use this goal
For students who reach for a ruler to weigh flour, or who estimate a door's height in inches when feet would fit. Present levels in naming tools and units decide whether to start with tools (what to use) or units (what to call it).
- Baseline
- Score tool items and unit items separately. Unit choice is harder because it requires a sense of size; a student may pick a ruler correctly and still say the classroom is 20 inches long.
- Tips
- Cooking and science tasks give real reasons to choose. Include both customary and metric units if the student meets both in class.
- Limits
- Choosing a tool does not show the student can read it; see the ruler and scale-reading templates. Abbreviations (in, ft, tsp) are a reading task; add them to the condition if needed.
Original IEP Atlas template based on general measurement principles; not copied from any goal bank. ID ma-mtm-023.
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Goal
By the annual IEP review date, given 10 pictured or real objects and the question of which tool (ruler, tape measure, scale, measuring cup, thermometer) would measure a stated attribute, the student will name or select the tool that measures the stated attribute independently with at least 90% accuracy on tool and unit choices, across 3 consecutive data collection sessions, as measured by opportunity-by-opportunity data collected weekly.
Baseline: 40% accuracy.
- 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. Percent accuracy 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 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 Measurement, Time & Money.
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 - Measurement, Time & Money
- Baseline
- 40% accuracy.
- Annual goal441 characters
- By the annual IEP review date, given 10 pictured or real objects and the question of which tool (ruler, tape measure, scale, measuring cup, thermometer) would measure a stated attribute, the student will name or select the tool that measures the stated attribute independently with at least 90% accuracy on tool and unit choices, across 3 consecutive data collection sessions, as measured by opportunity-by-opportunity data collected weekly.
- Timeframe
- By the annual IEP review date
- Condition
- Given 10 pictured or real objects and the question of which tool (ruler, tape measure, scale, measuring cup, thermometer) would measure a stated attribute
- Behavior
- The student will name or select the tool that measures the stated attribute independently
- Criteria
- With at least 90% accuracy on tool and unit choices, across 3 consecutive data collection sessions
- Evaluation method
- Opportunity-by-opportunity data
- Schedule
- Weekly
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Matching data sheet
Accuracy tracker. Records number correct and number attempted.
Accuracy tracker
Percent accuracy- Student label:
- Target:
- with at least 90% accuracy on tool and unit choices
- Mastery rule:
- across 3 consecutive data collection sessions
- Collection schedule:
- weekly
- Method:
- Opportunity (trial) recording
- Data collector:
Goal: By the annual IEP review date, given 10 pictured or real objects and the question of which tool (ruler, tape measure, scale, measuring cup, thermometer) would measure a stated attribute, the student will name or select the tool that measures the stated attribute independently with at least 90% accuracy on tool and unit choices, across 3 consecutive data collection sessions, as measured by opportunity-by-opportunity data collected weekly.
| Date | Task / materials | # correct | # attempted | % accuracycorrect ÷ attempted × 100 | Support levele.g., independent, 1 verbal prompt | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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- Score only items the student attempted unless the goal defines a fixed set of items. Use the same denominator every session.
- Percent = numerator ÷ denominator × 100. Round to one decimal place.
- Record the support actually provided, even if the goal is independent performance.
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