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Subject: IEPs/Standards-Based IEPs
Source: Heidi Atkins Lieberman, Assistant Commissioner
Intended Audience: Directors of Special Education and Special Education
Contacts
Date: September 12, 2007
In the coming year, we expect to offer state-wide training on development
and implementation of Standards-based IEPs (IEPs that are aligned with
academic grade-level content standards). In the meantime, the publications
below are an excellent resource for you whether you just desire more
information on the topic or wish to begin development of standards-based
IEPs in your school district on your own. Both are from Project Forum, a
project funded by the National Association of State Directors of Special
Education (NASDSE), and the U.S. Department of Education.
http://www.projectforum.org/
A Seven-Step Process to Creating Standards-based IEPs (2 page document to
accompany the more detailed publication below), August 1, 2007.
Standards-Based Individualized Education Program Examples - Marla Davis
Holbrook, August 1, 2007 - This document presents a seven-step process to be
used in developing a standards-based IEP. Each step is followed by guiding
questions for the IEP team to consider in making data-based decisions. Two
student examples are provided to illustrate application of the components of
a standards-based IEP. One student example leads to the decision that the
student should take an alternate assessment based on modified academic
achievement standards (MAAS), while the other leads to a decision that the
student should take the general assessment with accommodations. Readers
might use this tool to think about how the contextual characteristics of a
school setting might influence the creation and implementation of a
student's IEP. The companion document, "A Seven-Step Process to Creating
Standards-based IEPs" provides the steps and guiding questions in a brief
two-page document.
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