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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP -- ADHD (diagnosed, on meds for several years) and possible language based learning disability (not diagnosed).

Fluency and expression not an issue.

Issues are: primarily inferences using text clues and personal knowledge, predictions, summarizing, sometimes main idea, sometimes author's purpose.  Context clues and vocabulary.

The IEP says she will use reading strategies throughout the reading process to monitor comprehension with 80% accuracy, and she will make simple inferences using textual information as support with 80% accuracy, and make, confirm, or revised predictions with 80% accuracy, all on 3 out of 4 opportunities as documented monthly.

The goal seems a bit too vague to me.[/quote]

I'm a principal and I always push back when I see a goal like that because it doesn't name the reading level. So for that goal, I would add something like,"Given text at a mid-fourth grade level, Larla will be able to answer higher level comprehension questions (inferencing, author's purpose & message) with 80% accuracy on 4/5 opportunities."

Would something like that help, OP? [/quote]

Special ed teacher here and your goal is also not that great. What does 'will be able' even mean. You want words like 'at her instructional reading level, larla can correctly answer inferencing questions at 80% accuracy across 5 reading sessions. Your 80% at 4/5 says she can do it at 80% accuracy 80% of the time- that's not very accurate.. Also, don't measure more than one thing in a goal or else it is less likely to be mastered an exposed you to risk. Do you have a special ed background? By all means push back, but do so with a goal that can be measured and isn't open to fuzzy interpretation. [/quote]

I agree with PP, but[b] you can't answer a question with 80% accuracy[/b] -- it's either right or it's wrong. I think what she means is answers 4/5 questions in 4/5 sessions.

I also don't like the term "simple inferences" -- what does it mean? Do you and the school based team agree?[/quote]

The reworded goal uses the plural: questionS. So if Larla was given a text with 5 higher level comprehension questions, she could answer 4 out of 5 of them correctly and thus achieve 80% accuracy. The next week, she could read a passage and answer 8 out 10 higher level comprehension questions correctly and again achieve 80% accuracy. The goal is measuring one thing: Larla's ability to answer higher-level comprehension questions.

Not sure where you're reading the phrase "simple inferences." [/quote]

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