Connecting the IEP Process to Quality Specially Designed Instruction

Assessment, Assessment, Present Levels Present Levels

of Academic of Academic Achievement Achievement

and Functional and Functional PerformancePerformance

and and Goal Goal

DevelopmentDevelopmentWest Virginia Department of Education

February 2010

Learning Outcomes

Online IEP Supports for Quality IEP Development

• Easy access to assessment data

• Academic Profiles for K-12 (Reading/Language Arts and Mathematics)

• RLA and Mathematics Performance levels to guide development present levels statements

ANALYSIS

OF

ASSESSMENT DATA

State Assessments

44thth Grade Grade

– WESTEST2– WV Writing Assessment– Lexile measure– Quantile measure

99thth Grade Grade

– ACT assessments– Global 21 CTE

Performance Assessment

– Transition assessments

WESTEST 2 Student ReportWESTEST 2 Student Report

ACT EXPLOREACT EXPLORE

Formative Assessments

44thth Grade Grade• Acuity benchmarks• Math unit tests• Oral reading fluency probes• Maze probes• Basic reading inventories

99thth Grade Grade• Acuity benchmarks• Classroom assessments

(e.g., unit tests, quizzes, products, charting)

• Informal career awareness

Use the most current classroom assessments for and of learning.

DIBELSDIBELS

Acuity Benchmark ReportAcuity Benchmark Report

Writing RoadmapWriting Roadmap

ACT EXPLOREACT EXPLORE

TransitionAssessments

• Interest• Vocational aptitude• Academic skills• Learning styles & Work

readiness• Independent living

skills• Psychological &

Cognitive skills

Formal/InformalSimulated/SituationalObservationRating scalesWork samplesCredentialing and

standardized tests

Assessmentfor

learning

Assessmentof

learning

Transition Planning

Annual School Goals

Post School Goals

Age of Majority

1. Identified postsecondary goals

2. Annual update of postsecondary goals

3. Transition assessment4. Transition services

support post-school goals

5. Courses of study linked to postsecondary goals

6. Annual IEP goals linked to transition services needs

7. Student invited to the IEP

8. Agency linkages

Transition Services (Indicator 13)