Write name and date legibly on every assignment
When to use this goal
For students who turn in unnamed papers, whose heading cannot be read, or who write the date in a different place each time. Base the choice on a check of a week of turned-in work; this is a low-effort daily habit with a high payoff for lost work.
- Baseline
- Review two weeks of turned-in work and count papers with a legible name and date in the right place. Separate forgetting (no heading at all) from illegibility (heading present but unreadable); the first calls for a routine, the second for a legibility focus on the few words in the heading.
- Tips
- Data come from papers already turned in; no probe is needed. Post the date in the same spot daily. For students who still miss the heading after a month, a name stamp is a fair accommodation while the date-writing habit continues.
- Limits
- Headings are short, so legibility here does not predict legibility elsewhere. Counting only turned-in papers misses assignments never submitted; that is an assignment completion issue.
Original IEP Atlas template based on general measurement principles; not copied from any goal bank. ID mt-hw-023.
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Goal
By the annual IEP review date, at the start of each written assignment, the student will write the name and date legibly in the heading area before beginning the work independently in 5 of 5 opportunities, across 3 consecutive weekly reviews, as measured by direct observation collected weekly, reviewing five turned-in papers.
Baseline: 2 of 5 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. Direct observation 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 Handwriting.
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
- Motor & Sensory Skills (OT, PT & Adapted PE) - Handwriting
- Baseline
- 2 of 5 opportunities.
- Annual goal327 characters
- By the annual IEP review date, at the start of each written assignment, the student will write the name and date legibly in the heading area before beginning the work independently in 5 of 5 opportunities, across 3 consecutive weekly reviews, as measured by direct observation collected weekly, reviewing five turned-in papers.
- Timeframe
- By the annual IEP review date
- Condition
- At the start of each written assignment
- Behavior
- The student will write the name and date legibly in the heading area before beginning the work independently
- Criteria
- In 5 of 5 opportunities, across 3 consecutive weekly reviews
- Evaluation method
- Direct observation
- Schedule
- Weekly, reviewing five turned-in papers
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Matching data sheet
Opportunity tracker. One box per opportunity in each session.
Opportunity tracker
Opportunities- Student label:
- Target:
- in 5 of 5 opportunities
- Mastery rule:
- across 3 consecutive weekly reviews
- Collection schedule:
- weekly, reviewing five turned-in papers
- Method:
- Direct observation
- Data collector:
Goal: By the annual IEP review date, at the start of each written assignment, the student will write the name and date legibly in the heading area before beginning the work independently in 5 of 5 opportunities, across 3 consecutive weekly reviews, as measured by direct observation collected weekly, reviewing five turned-in papers.
Key: + demonstrated independently · P demonstrated with a prompt (note type) · − not demonstrated · NA no opportunity occurred
| Date | Activity / context | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | # + (of 5) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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- Record up to 5 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.
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