Build a plain-language age of majority fact sheet
When to use this goal
For students about a year or more before their state's age of majority and who are ready to turn the state's information into their own reference page. Present levels in reading and writing, not grade, decide whether the sheet is written, typed, dictated or built with pictures. Rules differ by state, so the team supplies the state's own information.
- Baseline
- Have the student fill in the template once before any teaching and score it. Note whether the student has heard of the change at all and which sections they leave blank.
- Tips
- Use only the state or district's own plain-language material; this goal gives no legal advice, and rules differ by state. The finished sheet goes home and can anchor the oral explanation in fn-tr-017. Involve the family early, and pair with tn-sd-054 and tn-sd-008.
- Limits
- A correct fact sheet is not the same as being ready for the change. The template does not decide or suggest any legal arrangement; that is a family and team discussion.
Original IEP Atlas template based on general measurement principles; not copied from any goal bank. ID tn-sd-053.
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Goal
By the annual IEP review date, given the state or district's plain-language age of majority information and a one-page fact sheet template, the student will make a one-page fact sheet in their own words listing the age their state uses, decisions that may become theirs, what the information says about IEP notices, and who they can ask for help independently, earning a score of at least 6 out of 8 on a 4-row age of majority fact sheet rubric (0 to 2 per row), on 2 consecutive drafts, as measured by work-sample analysis collected at each draft, about monthly.
Baseline: 1 out of 8 rubric points.
- 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. Rubric score 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 rubric score 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 Self-Determination.
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 - Self-Determination
- Baseline
- 1 out of 8 rubric points.
- Annual goal563 characters
- By the annual IEP review date, given the state or district's plain-language age of majority information and a one-page fact sheet template, the student will make a one-page fact sheet in their own words listing the age their state uses, decisions that may become theirs, what the information says about IEP notices, and who they can ask for help independently, earning a score of at least 6 out of 8 on a 4-row age of majority fact sheet rubric (0 to 2 per row), on 2 consecutive drafts, as measured by work-sample analysis collected at each draft, about monthly.
- Timeframe
- By the annual IEP review date
- Condition
- Given the state or district's plain-language age of majority information and a one-page fact sheet template
- Behavior
- The student will make a one-page fact sheet in their own words listing the age their state uses, decisions that may become theirs, what the information says about IEP notices, and who they can ask for help independently
- Criteria
- Earning a score of at least 6 out of 8 on a 4-row age of majority fact sheet rubric (0 to 2 per row), on 2 consecutive drafts
- Evaluation method
- Work-sample analysis
- Schedule
- At each draft, about monthly
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Matching data sheet
Rubric tracker. Scores each rubric criterion and totals them.
Rubric tracker
Rubric score- Student label:
- Target:
- earning a score of at least 6 out of 8 on a 4-row age of majority fact sheet rubric (0 to 2 per row)
- Mastery rule:
- on 2 consecutive drafts
- Collection schedule:
- at each draft, about monthly
- Method:
- Work-sample analysis
- Data collector:
Goal: By the annual IEP review date, given the state or district's plain-language age of majority information and a one-page fact sheet template, the student will make a one-page fact sheet in their own words listing the age their state uses, decisions that may become theirs, what the information says about IEP notices, and who they can ask for help independently, earning a score of at least 6 out of 8 on a 4-row age of majority fact sheet rubric (0 to 2 per row), on 2 consecutive drafts, as measured by work-sample analysis collected at each draft, about monthly.
| Date | Task / sample | Lists the age of majority given in their state's information | Lists two kinds of decisions the information says may become theirs (such as school, health or money decisions) | Writes in plain words what the information says about IEP notices and meetings | Names a trusted person to talk with and one question to ask | Total (of 8) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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- Score each sample with a 4-row age of majority fact sheet rubric (0 to 2 per row). Attach or reference the rubric's score descriptors.
- Use the same prompt type and conditions for each scored sample.
- If two people score, check agreement on a few samples before relying on the data.
The CSV opens in Excel or Google Sheets, with formulas. Sheets print blank; no student data is stored.