IEP Writing Goal Examples

Sentence construction example

"Given a topic and a word bank, the student will write a complete sentence with correct capitalization and end punctuation in 4 of 5 opportunities per session."

• Probe: short daily or thrice-weekly writing tasks
• Data: sentence completeness per rubric
• Track: percentage across opportunities

Paragraph example

"Given a prompt and a paragraph organizer, the student will write a 4-sentence paragraph including a topic sentence and 3 supporting details, scoring 3 of 4 on the class rubric, in 3 consecutive sessions."

• Probe: weekly paragraph task with organizer
• Score: shared rubric, same rater approach
• Track: rubric scores as a trend

Writing process example

"Given a writing assignment and a checklist, the student will independently complete the plan-draft-edit sequence with 80% of checklist steps in 3 of 4 assignments."

• Probe: per-assignment checklist
• Data: steps completed independently
• Track: checklist completion rate

Related resources

• All goal examples
• IEP goals guide
• Sentence starters in Diffy