Compare a number to a set limit
When to use this goal
For older students who need to compare a reading or price to a set limit in daily life (Is the price under my $20? Is the fridge below 40 degrees? Is the box under the 50-pound lift limit?). Present levels in comparing whole numbers and reading simple decimals decide readiness.
- Baseline
- Include numbers just over and just under the limit and numbers with decimals ($15.01 against $15). Record which kinds of limits (money, temperature, weight) cause errors.
- Tips
- Set the target at every item when the limit is about safety, such as a fridge temperature or a lift weight. Use limits from the student's real job or home.
- Limits
- The goal covers the comparison, not the safety procedure that follows; workplace safety is taught and supervised separately.
Original IEP Atlas template based on general measurement principles; not copied from any goal bank. ID ma-ns-065.
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Goal
By the annual IEP review date, given 10 everyday cards, each showing a limit and a number, such as a budget of $15 and a price of $12.49, the student will say or write whether the number is over, under or at the limit independently on 10 of 10 items, on 3 consecutive probes, as measured by opportunity-by-opportunity data collected weekly.
Baseline: 5 of 10 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 Number Sense.
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
- Math - Number Sense
- Baseline
- 5 of 10 opportunities.
- Annual goal340 characters
- By the annual IEP review date, given 10 everyday cards, each showing a limit and a number, such as a budget of $15 and a price of $12.49, the student will say or write whether the number is over, under or at the limit independently on 10 of 10 items, on 3 consecutive probes, as measured by opportunity-by-opportunity data collected weekly.
- Timeframe
- By the annual IEP review date
- Condition
- Given 10 everyday cards, each showing a limit and a number, such as a budget of $15 and a price of $12.49
- Behavior
- The student will say or write whether the number is over, under or at the limit independently
- Criteria
- On 10 of 10 items, on 3 consecutive probes
- Evaluation method
- Opportunity-by-opportunity data
- Schedule
- Weekly
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Matching data sheet
Opportunity tracker. One box per opportunity in each session.
Opportunity tracker
Opportunities- Student label:
- Target:
- on 10 of 10 items
- Mastery rule:
- on 3 consecutive probes
- Collection schedule:
- weekly
- Method:
- Opportunity (trial) recording
- Data collector:
Goal: By the annual IEP review date, given 10 everyday cards, each showing a limit and a number, such as a budget of $15 and a price of $12.49, the student will say or write whether the number is over, under or at the limit independently on 10 of 10 items, on 3 consecutive probes, as measured by opportunity-by-opportunity data collected weekly.
Key: + demonstrated independently · P demonstrated with a prompt (note type) · − not demonstrated · NA no opportunity occurred
| Date | Activity / context | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | # + (of 10) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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- Record up to 10 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.
The CSV opens in Excel or Google Sheets, with formulas. Sheets print blank; no student data is stored.