Career and technical terms on a timed list
When to use this goal
For high school students in career and technical courses (auto, health science, culinary, construction) whose course reading is full of long technical terms they cannot yet decode quickly (thermometer, carburetor, measurement, ingredients). Present levels should show accurate untimed decoding of the terms with a strategy.
- Baseline
- Build the list with the course teacher. Take the median of three shuffled lists.
- Tips
- Ties decoding practice to a course the student chose. Term meanings belong in a vocabulary goal.
- Limits
- Course lists change with units; keep a core list for comparison.
Original IEP Atlas template based on general measurement principles; not copied from any goal bank. ID rd-dec-080.
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Goal
By the annual IEP review date, given a 1-minute list of terms from the student's career and technical course in random order, the student will read the terms aloud across the rows independently at a rate of at least 25 words read correctly per minute, in 3 of 4 consecutive biweekly probes, as measured by timed probes collected every two weeks.
Baseline: 10 words read correctly per minute.
- 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. Rate (per minute) fits this behavior.
Met: Explicit criterion. Number and unit stated.
Met: Mastery rule and schedule. Both stated.
Met: Method produces the metric. Timed probes gives rate (per minute) 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 Phonics & Decoding.
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
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- Area of need
- Reading - Phonics & Decoding
- Baseline
- 10 words read correctly per minute.
- Annual goal345 characters
- By the annual IEP review date, given a 1-minute list of terms from the student's career and technical course in random order, the student will read the terms aloud across the rows independently at a rate of at least 25 words read correctly per minute, in 3 of 4 consecutive biweekly probes, as measured by timed probes collected every two weeks.
- Timeframe
- By the annual IEP review date
- Condition
- Given a 1-minute list of terms from the student's career and technical course in random order
- Behavior
- The student will read the terms aloud across the rows independently
- Criteria
- At a rate of at least 25 words read correctly per minute, in 3 of 4 consecutive biweekly probes
- Evaluation method
- Timed probes
- Schedule
- Every two weeks
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Matching data sheet
Frequency & rate tracker. Records timing length and number correct.
Frequency & rate tracker
Rate (per minute)- Student label:
- Target:
- at a rate of at least 25 words read correctly per minute
- Mastery rule:
- in 3 of 4 consecutive biweekly probes
- Collection schedule:
- every two weeks
- Method:
- Timed probes
- Data collector:
Goal: By the annual IEP review date, given a 1-minute list of terms from the student's career and technical course in random order, the student will read the terms aloud across the rows independently at a rate of at least 25 words read correctly per minute, in 3 of 4 consecutive biweekly probes, as measured by timed probes collected every two weeks.
| Date | Probe / form | Timing (min) | # correct | # errors | Correct per minute# correct ÷ minutes | Support levele.g., independent, 1 verbal prompt | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Preview shows 4 of 12 rows.
- Use the same timing length and probe type every session.
- Rate = number correct ÷ minutes timed.
- Target unit: words read correctly per minute.
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