Scale a recipe for more or fewer servings
When to use this goal
For students who can read a recipe and want to cook for themselves alone or for a household or guests. Needs multiplying or halving amounts, with a calculator if the student uses one. Present levels in math decide fit, not grade.
- Baseline
- Score 3 recipes with 6 to 8 ingredients each. Count an amount correct when it equals the scaled amount or a kitchen-friendly equivalent (2 tablespoons for 1/8 cup).
- Tips
- Follow each probe with cooking the scaled recipe now and then so the math has a purpose. Teach when to round: eggs and cans come in whole units.
- Limits
- Paper accuracy does not show that the student measures the new amounts correctly; check that in a cooking task analysis. Baking recipes do not always scale cleanly.
Original IEP Atlas template based on general measurement principles; not copied from any goal bank. ID tn-il-006.
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Goal
By the annual IEP review date, given a recipe and a target number of servings, with a phone calculator, the student will write the new amount for each ingredient independently with at least 85% accuracy on scaled ingredient amounts, in 3 of 4 consecutive weekly probes, as measured by work-sample analysis 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. Work-sample analysis 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 Independent Living.
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.
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- Area of need
- Transition & Postsecondary Skills - Independent Living
- Baseline
- 40% accuracy.
- Annual goal323 characters
- By the annual IEP review date, given a recipe and a target number of servings, with a phone calculator, the student will write the new amount for each ingredient independently with at least 85% accuracy on scaled ingredient amounts, in 3 of 4 consecutive weekly probes, as measured by work-sample analysis collected weekly.
- Timeframe
- By the annual IEP review date
- Condition
- Given a recipe and a target number of servings, with a phone calculator
- Behavior
- The student will write the new amount for each ingredient independently
- Criteria
- With at least 85% accuracy on scaled ingredient amounts, in 3 of 4 consecutive weekly probes
- Evaluation method
- Work-sample analysis
- 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 85% accuracy on scaled ingredient amounts
- Mastery rule:
- in 3 of 4 consecutive weekly probes
- Collection schedule:
- weekly
- Method:
- Work-sample analysis
- Data collector:
Goal: By the annual IEP review date, given a recipe and a target number of servings, with a phone calculator, the student will write the new amount for each ingredient independently with at least 85% accuracy on scaled ingredient amounts, in 3 of 4 consecutive weekly probes, as measured by work-sample analysis 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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