Progress Monitoring

Minnesota statute (Minn. R. 3525.2810, subp. 1(A)(9)) requires several components for compliant progress reporting.

• Progress on annual IEP goals must be reported to parents/guardians of special education students as frequently as progress is reported to general education students in the district (i.e. report cards). In most cases, the case manager completes and mails home a written progress report when report cards are being sent home. This progress reporting schedule must be described in the IEP document in the "Progress Reporting" section on the Student Information page.

Please see the Student Information page for sample statements and options

• Progress reporting must be documented in writing, even when information has been reported orally (e.g., at an annual IEP meeting). There are several different options for where the documentation can reside:

  1. Written progress report

  2. Record of Team Meeting form

  3. PLAAFP statement for each goal area in the IEP

  4. Meeting agenda notes, given to parents (must be uploaded then)

Note that options 1, 2, or 3 are recommended. The written progress report or documentation of an oral progress report must be filed with the student's special education paperwork and uploaded to SpEd Forms history. This naturally occurs with a PLAAFP or Record of Team Meeting, but it is an extra intentional step with meeting agenda notes.

Regardless of where the progress report is documented, the following information must be included:

1. A quantitative description of the progress the student made toward their IEP goals: Using data, describe the student's present performance and what the expectation was for performance at that point in time (i.e. the IEP goal target).

2. A statement of the extent to which that progress is sufficient to enable the student to achieve their goal by the end of the year: Based on the progress data compared with expected performance, determine whether the student has made: insufficient or adequate progress toward the goal, or whether the goal was met.

Example Statement: "On the last 3 reading probes, Johnny read a median of 47 words per minute. His goal by 2/23/2019 was 75 words correct per minute. Johnny has made insufficient progress toward meeting his goal this year."