IEP Training for Kansas Schools Kansas State Department of Education Technical Assistance System Network Short-Term Objectives and Benchmarks 1

IEP Process Referral Measurable Annual Goals Short-Term Objectives and Benchmarks Prioritize Needs and How Needs Will be Addressed Evaluation (and Eligibility) Present Levels of Academic Achievement & Functional Performance Services Progress Reporting Post Secondary Goals Exit 2

Consider and document on the IEP which state assessment the student will take Student participation in the alternate assessment is determined by the IEP team A student who takes the alternate assessment must take the alternate assessment in all content areas Alternate Assessment participation criteria: The student has a significant cognitive disability The student is learning content linked to (derived from) the KCCRS The student requires extensive direct individualized instruction and substantial supports to achieve measurable gains in the grade-and age-appropriate curriculum 3

Short-Term Objectives and Benchmarks Required only for those students taking the Kansas Alternate Assessment and DLM ALL goals on an IEP for a student taking the Kansas Alternate Assessment must include benchmarks or short term objectives 4

Short-Term Objectives and Benchmarks Specify intermediate progress toward the goal that allows you to determine whether progress is sufficient to meet the goal. 5

Short-Term Objective Characteristic #1 Is a sequential, progressive, intermediate measure of progress toward the annual goal 6

Short-Term Objective Characteristic #2 Is a restatement of the goal with a different criterion 7

Benchmark Characteristic #1 Are milestones that describe content to be learned or skills to be performed 8

Benchmark Characteristic #2 Are used when progress is not easily quantified and is based on task analysis 9

Benchmark Characteristic #3 Are distinct skills that are often independent of each other but must be combined to meet the measurable annual goal 10

Writing Short-Term Objectives and Benchmarks 11

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