2017 ISRDSTANDARDS BASED IEPS

Standards Based IEP• A process and document that is

framed by the state standards and that contains annual goals aligned with, and chosen to facilitate the student’s achievement of, state grade level academic standards

• This is a very different from the old process that focused on access and provision of services

OSERS Letter• An IEP must be aligned with the

State’s grade level academic standards

• An IEP must:– Include present levels of academic

achievement and functional performance

– Include the impact of the child’s disability on involvement and progress in the general education curriculum

– Have goals that are aligned with grade level content standards

General Curriculum• Regulations covering the

implementation of IDEA Part B state that the general education curriculum is the same curriculum as for nondisabled children

• Specially designed instruction is defined as adapting the content, methodology, or delivery of instruction to ensure access to the general curriculum so the child can meet the educational standards that apply to all children.

FAPE• Therefore, in order to make FAPE

available to each eligible child with a disability, the special education and related services, supplementary aids and services, and other supports in the child’s IEP must be designed to enable the child to advance appropriately toward attaining the annual IEP goals and to be involved in, and make progress in, the grade level general education curriculum

Rate of Growth• In a case where a child’s present

levels of academic performance are significantly below the grade in which the child is enrolled, in order to align the IEP with grade level content standards, the IEP team should estimate the growth toward the grade level content standards expected in the year covered by the IEP

Implementation• Read the Example of

Implementation, page 5.

• What affirms what you already know?

• What makes you uncomfortable or would require additional discussion with colleagues?

• What could result in changing a way of work or changing a process?

Advocacy Brief Notes• Standards Based IEPs move away

from the old approach to IEP development, which lacked a focus on closing the student’s achievement gap, to a new process that focuses on alignment with what all students are expected to know and do

Seven Steps• Review Seven Steps Graphic• Review Seven Steps Process• Reflect on Collecting Data for

Standards Based IEPs

Reflection• What affirms what you

already know?• What makes you

uncomfortable or would require additional discussion with colleagues?

• What could result in changing a way of work or changing a process?