GOAL examples
math
By the next annual review, when given a 7th grade, 10-question computation probe, student will add, subtract, multiply, and divide rational numbers (integers and positive/negative decimals) with % accuracy for 3 consecutive data collection days.
By the next annual review, when given a 7th grade level, 15-question, number sense - operations with rational numbers probe, student will solve expressions with % accuracy on 3 consecutive data collections dates.
By the next annual review, given an 8th grade level, 10 question equations probe, student will solve a variety of multi-step equations with % accuracy on 3 consecutive data collection days.
By the next annual review, given 8th grade level equations probes with 1 and 2-step equations with negative integers, combining like terms and the distributive property, student will solve with % accuracy on 3 consecutive data collection dates.
reading
By the next annual review, when given a grade level reading passage, student will read the passage aloud and earn a prosody rubric score of at least 7 out of 9 points on 3 consecutive data collection days.
By the next annual review, given an untimed 100-word 7th grade level passage, student will read with % accuracy on four consecutive data collection dates.
By the next annual review, when given 7th grade level fiction and non-fiction reading passages, student will read the passage and answer comprehension questions with at least % accuracy on 3 of 4 data collection dates.
By the next annual review, when given 8th grade fiction and non fiction reading passages with 10 comprehension questions, student will answer the questions with % accuracy in 3 of 4 consecutive data collection dates.
writing
By the next annual review, when given a topic or a topic of choice, student will write a paragraph of 6 sentences or more and score % or greater on a paragraph writing rubric measuring topic, detail, and concluding sentences, transitions, vocabulary, and sentence variety on 3 of 4 data collection days.
By the next annual review, given a 7th grade paragraph writing rubric measuring topic sentence, detail sentences, concluding statement, transition use, formatting, and sentence variety, student will write a paragraph with % accuracy on 3 consecutive data collection dates.
By the next annual review, when given a topic or a topic of choice, student will write a paragraph of 6 sentences or more and score % or greater on a paragraph writing rubric measuring topic, detail, and concluding sentences, transitions, vocabulary, and sentence variety on 3 of 4 data collection days.
By the next annual review, given a standards-based paragraph writing rubric that measures topic sentence, detail sentences, transition use, concluding sentence, formatting, and sentence variety, student will write a paragraph with % accuracy on 3 consecutive data collection days.
By the next annual review, when given a choice of topics, and up to 50 minutes to write, student will write a paragraph of 6 sentences or more with 100% complete and correctly punctuated sentences with at least 40% of the sentences being complicated sentences (compound, complex, or compound-complex) on 3 of 4 data collection days.
behavior
By the next annual review, when presented with a number of opportunities throughout the school day to follow directions the first time, pay attention to instruction, respond appropriately to adults, and maintain on task behavior, student will comply as evidenced by earning % of the behavior rubric points available for four of five data collection periods.
By the next annual review, when provided multiple opportunities throughout the school day, student will comply by using appropriate classroom behavior as evidenced by earning % of the points available on the daily behavior rubric for the category of "Uses Appropriate Classroom Behavior" over four consecutive data collection periods.
By the next annual review, when given multiple opportunities throughout the school day, student will demonstrate initiative and self-direction by following teacher directions without redirection, engaging in class, and responding appropriately as evidenced by earning % of the points possible on a teacher checklist of these behaviors over 4 consecutive data collection dates.