Sample IEP Goals

IEP goals are the path to jumpstart a student's learning or the pathway to help a student close a learning gap.  As such, their IEP goals are extremely important to their education. This year, since I teach only math intervention my goals look fairly similar.  

Goal 1:

Here is an example of my most common goal and objectives for students who are in 5th to 6th grade and are more than 3 grade levels behind, which require a broad range of instruction in basic mathematics.  They focus on learning conceptual knowledge, computational skills, problem solving skills, reasoning skills, word problem comprehension, and calculator skills. 

Goal:

Given 5-10 multistep word problems at her instructional level, Sarah will identify the steps needed, the operation needed for each step, and solve the problems to 80% accuracy. 

Objectives:

Given 5-10 single step word problems with either addition, subtraction, multiplication, or division, Sarah will identify the operation needed and solve to 80% accuracy. 

Given 5-10 two step word problems with, Sarah will identify the steps needed, the operation needed to solve each step, and solve the problems to 80% accuracy.

Given 5-10 multistep word problems with, Sarah will identify the steps needed, the operation needed to solve each step, and solve the problems to 80% accuracy.

Goal 2:

Here is another goal that I would give 5th-6th graders who are further along in their mathematics education.  They have mastered their operations (addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division) and are working on multistep equations.  However, they struggle with comprehending multistep problems and working with non-whole numbers.

Goal:

Given 5-10 multistep word problems with multidigit numbers (whole and non-whole) at his instructional level, Bob will identify the steps needed, the operation needed for each step, and solve the problems to 80% accuracy. 

Objectives:

Given 5-10 one step word problems with multidigit whole and non-whole numbers, Bob will identify the operation needed and solve the problems to 80% accuracy. 

Given 5-10 two step word problems with multidigit whole and non-whole numbers, Bob identify the steps needed, the operation needed for each step, and solve the problems to 80% accuracy. 

Given 5-10 multistep word problems with multidigit whole and non-whole numbers, Bob will identify the steps needed, the operation needed for each step, and solve the problems to 80% accuracy. 

Goal 3:

This is a goal I would give a 4th grade student who is more than 2 grade levels behind and struggles with basic computation, word problem comprehension, and operation identification. 

Goal: Given 5-10 one step word problems with multidigit whole numbers, Taylor will be able to identify the operation needed (addition, subtraction, multiplication, or division) and solve to 80% accuracy using a model or standard algorithm. 

Objectives:

Given 5-10 one step word problems with addition and subtraction with multidigit whole numbers, Taylor will be able to identify the operation needed and solve to 80% accuracy using a model or standard algorithm.

Given 5-10 one step word problems with  multiplication and division with multidigit whole numbers, Taylor will be able to identify the operation needed and solve to 80% accuracy using a model or standard algorithm.

Given 5-10 one step word problems with all four operations using multidigit whole numbers, Taylor will be able to identify the operation needed and solve to 80% accuracy using a model or standard algorithm.