Behavioral Data Collection
Latency
This tool is used when a teacher evaluates a student's essay on multiple criteria, such as content, structure, and grammar, each with a defined scoring scale.
Rubric
A teacher collects this type of data when they track whether or not a student has completed their homework for the day.
Yes/No Data
What are four practical things you can do to facilitate productive, collaborative, student-centered, IEP meetings?
Answers will vary, but must demonstrate proactive strategies to make the family feel welcome and included as active participants in the meeting.
PLAAFP stands for... and is another term for the PLOP
Present levels of academic and functional performance
The teacher the same IEP goals and placement for all of their students with the same disability category. What's wrong?
They failed to individualize the program to fit the student. You can't use "cookie-cutter" IEPs based n the disability.
Teachers would collect this kind of data if they wanted to know how often a student gets out of their seat without permission.
Frequency
A teacher collects this type of data when they record the level of assistance a student needs to complete a task correctly, or if they are able to do the task independently.
Prompt-level data
A teacher assesses a student's ability to complete each step of the long division process by breaking it down into smaller components, such as setting up the problem, dividing, multiplying, and subtracting.
Task analysis
These individuals are required by IDEA to participate in the IEP meeting
Family
EXED teacher
General education teacher
Administrator
Someone qualified to explain the evaluation data
"Dan can read and comprehend 95 words per minute at the second grade level" is an example of this kind of information required in the PLOP
In an effort to provide as much flexibility as possible for the case manager and teachers, writing that the student will receive "special education services." What's wrong?
This is too vague. They failed to sufficiently describe and specify all necessary services.
This type of data is gathered when a teacher marks the specific times of day and classroom activities when a student shows disruptive behavior to find patterns.
Scatterplot
A teacher uses this tool when they create a line graph showing a student's weekly spelling test grades over time.
Accuracy (graphing the percentage correct)
A teacher uses this tool to map when and where a student exhibits off-task behavior throughout the day, showing if the behavior is linked to specific subjects or times.
Scatterplot
The EXED teacher can bring a draft of the IEP to the meeting, but should always leave this section blank.
Placement decision
"Dan enjoys math. His math skills are on grade level, and he participates in the general education math class without EXED supports." This is an example of what kind of information required on the PLOP?
academic strength
They include the following as an IEP goal, "Dan will improve his social skills and behavior at school." What's wrong?
It's too vague. They failed to write clear, objective, and measureable goal.
A teacher could use this type of data when they measure how long a student stays on-task before becoming distracted during independent work.
Duration
A teacher breaks down a complex skill, such as solving a math problem, into smaller steps and collects data on the student's ability to complete each step.
Task analysis
A teacher documents the level of loudness and aggression of a student’s verbal interruptions using a 1 to 10 scale.
Intensity
Reschedule
"Dan needs to sit near the dry erase board, the projection screen, and the teacher in his general education classes due to a visual impairment." This is an example of what kind of information that must be included in the PLOP?
How the disability impacts involvement in the general curriculum
and
accommodations that have been helpful
They didn't include the related services that are needed for the student to benefit from specially designed instruction. What's wrong?
The failed to address all the student’s needs.
List the five types of behavior data EXED teachers collect that we discussed in class.
Frequency
Duration
Intensity
Latency
Scatterplot
List the five kinds of data collection tools used for academic data.
Accuracy data collection (charting the percentage correct over time)
Rubrics
Task analysis data charts
Prompt-level data charts
Yes/no data charts
A teacher tracks the time it takes for a student to respond to a question after the teacher calls on them during a class discussion.
Latency
Students must be invited to their IEP meeting in Virginia to discuss transition plans starting at this age.
14
List the 7 kinds of information required in a well-written PLOP according to Dr. Peacock's tip sheet
They placed a student in an established EXED program based solely on their disability category (i.e., putting them in the Autism classroom because of their label). What's wrong?
They failed to individualize the program to fit the student. You can't make placements based solely no the disability category.