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Writing Better Goals and Short-Term Objectives or Benchmarks
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Lignugaris, Benjamin Marchand-Martella, Nancy E. Martella, Ronald C. |
| Copyright Year | 2001 |
| Abstract | ing precise goals and short-term objectives or benchmarks. We developed this article from common questions beginning special education teachers frequently ask about writing and sequencing goals and short-term objectives or benchmarks. By following the logical writing and sequencing strategies outlined here, you might find your goals, objectives, and benchmarks more informative and useful for other teachers, students, and parents. Throughout the article, we provide figures that you may use as models. What Are Goals, Short-Term Objectives, and Benchmarks? The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA Amendments, 1997) mandates that educators develop an individualized education program (IEP) for each student with disabilities (Gibb & Dyches, 2000). The heart of the IEP includes measurable annual goals and short-term objectives or benchmarks that describe each student’s expected learning outcomes. You use annual goals to estimate what outcomes you can expect in an academic year based on the student’s present level of performance (Mountain Plains Regional Resource Center, 1995). You should then divide these goals into short-term objectives or benchmarks. Short-term objectives and benchmarks describe meaningful intermediate and measurable outcomes between the student’s current performance level and the annual goal. The final short-term objective or benchmark should be the last step before the student accomplishes the annual goal. |
| Starting Page | 52 |
| Ending Page | 58 |
| Page Count | 7 |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| DOI | 10.1177/004005990103400107 |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://www.casenex.com/casenex/cecReadings/writingBetterGoals.pdf |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://doi.org/10.1177/004005990103400107 |
| Volume Number | 34 |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
