Keep working through a quiz using coping tools
When to use this goal
For students who start a quiz but stop partway, ask to leave, or put their head down for most of the time once items get hard. Use timed observation of quiz periods, not test scores, to decide fit. The quiz length in the condition should match what the class gets.
- Baseline
- Time 3 or 4 quizzes from the start until the student stops working for more than 2 minutes or leaves the quiz. Note what happened just before work stopped (a hard item, a noise, a peer finishing early). Short coping pauses at the desk count as working time.
- Tips
- Stop the clock when the student stops working for more than 2 minutes, leaves the seat for a reason other than a planned break, or turns in an unfinished quiz to end it. Fidgeting, rocking, or standing at the desk while working are fine. Offer a short version of the quiz first if the full length is far above baseline.
- Limits
- Duration shows staying power, not accuracy. A student may keep working but guess at items; look at work samples alongside. Quiz length varies across subjects, so compare like with like.
Original IEP Atlas template based on general measurement principles; not copied from any goal bank. ID se-er-049.
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Goal
By the annual IEP review date, during a 20-minute classroom quiz or timed practice sheet, with their chosen coping tools (such as a fidget, a stress ball, or a test card) at the desk, the student will use a coping strategy from their card when they get stuck and continue working on the quiz independently for at least 15 minutes, on 3 of 4 consecutive quizzes, as measured by duration recording collected at each quiz, at least weekly.
Baseline: 6 minutes.
- 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. Duration fits this behavior.
Met: Explicit criterion. Number and unit stated.
Met: Mastery rule and schedule. Both stated.
Met: Method produces the metric. Duration recording gives duration 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 Emotional Regulation.
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
- Social-Emotional & Communication - Emotional Regulation
- Baseline
- 6 minutes.
- Annual goal436 characters
- By the annual IEP review date, during a 20-minute classroom quiz or timed practice sheet, with their chosen coping tools (such as a fidget, a stress ball, or a test card) at the desk, the student will use a coping strategy from their card when they get stuck and continue working on the quiz independently for at least 15 minutes, on 3 of 4 consecutive quizzes, as measured by duration recording collected at each quiz, at least weekly.
- Timeframe
- By the annual IEP review date
- Condition
- During a 20-minute classroom quiz or timed practice sheet, with their chosen coping tools (such as a fidget, a stress ball, or a test card) at the desk
- Behavior
- The student will use a coping strategy from their card when they get stuck and continue working on the quiz independently
- Criteria
- For at least 15 minutes, on 3 of 4 consecutive quizzes
- Evaluation method
- Duration recording
- Schedule
- At each quiz, at least weekly
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Matching data sheet
Duration tracker. Records start and end times.
Duration tracker
Duration- Student label:
- Target:
- for at least 15 minutes
- Mastery rule:
- on 3 of 4 consecutive quizzes
- Collection schedule:
- at each quiz, at least weekly
- Method:
- Duration recording
- Data collector:
Goal: By the annual IEP review date, during a 20-minute classroom quiz or timed practice sheet, with their chosen coping tools (such as a fidget, a stress ball, or a test card) at the desk, the student will use a coping strategy from their card when they get stuck and continue working on the quiz independently for at least 15 minutes, on 3 of 4 consecutive quizzes, as measured by duration recording collected at each quiz, at least weekly.
| Date | Activity / context | Start time | End time | Duration (minutes) | Target duration | Support levele.g., independent, 1 verbal prompt | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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- Start timing when the defined behavior begins and stop when it ends, using the definitions agreed by the team.
- The goal is reached when duration is at least the target (15 minutes).
- Note interruptions that weren't caused by the student.
The CSV opens in Excel or Google Sheets, with formulas. Sheets print blank; no student data is stored.