Sort sample messages into scams and real ones
When to use this goal
For students with a phone or email account who click links or reply to messages asking for money or account details. Needs reading short messages or hearing them read; present levels decide fit, not grade.
- Baseline
- Use a new set of messages each probe so the student is judging, not remembering. Score a scam as correct only when it is marked scam and a warning sign is named.
- Tips
- Scams cost money and data, so the target is every message. Teach the safe response for any unsure message: do not click, check through the official app or number, or ask a trusted adult.
- Limits
- Real scams change quickly; refresh the message set each term. Spotting on samples does not show the student's response to a real message; pair with the gift card or fraud alert goals.
Original IEP Atlas template based on general measurement principles; not copied from any goal bank. ID tn-pf-030.
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Goal
By the annual IEP review date, given 8 sample texts and emails, some scams and some real (a bank alert, a delivery notice, a prize message, a job offer), the student will mark each message as scam or real and name one warning sign for each scam independently in 8 of 8 opportunities, across 3 consecutive weekly probes, as measured by opportunity-by-opportunity data collected weekly.
Baseline: 4 of 8 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 Personal Finance & Money Management.
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
- Transition & Postsecondary Skills - Personal Finance & Money Management
- Baseline
- 4 of 8 opportunities.
- Annual goal384 characters
- By the annual IEP review date, given 8 sample texts and emails, some scams and some real (a bank alert, a delivery notice, a prize message, a job offer), the student will mark each message as scam or real and name one warning sign for each scam independently in 8 of 8 opportunities, across 3 consecutive weekly probes, as measured by opportunity-by-opportunity data collected weekly.
- Timeframe
- By the annual IEP review date
- Condition
- Given 8 sample texts and emails, some scams and some real (a bank alert, a delivery notice, a prize message, a job offer)
- Behavior
- The student will mark each message as scam or real and name one warning sign for each scam independently
- Criteria
- In 8 of 8 opportunities, across 3 consecutive weekly 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:
- in 8 of 8 opportunities
- Mastery rule:
- across 3 consecutive weekly probes
- Collection schedule:
- weekly
- Method:
- Opportunity (trial) recording
- Data collector:
Goal: By the annual IEP review date, given 8 sample texts and emails, some scams and some real (a bank alert, a delivery notice, a prize message, a job offer), the student will mark each message as scam or real and name one warning sign for each scam independently in 8 of 8 opportunities, across 3 consecutive weekly 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 | # + (of 8) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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- Record up to 8 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.