Setting and Entering Student Goals

Setting goals for student learning involves a delicate balance between having high expectations and knowing what is realistically possible to expect, given the level at which the student is starting, the particular skill area on which instruction is focused, and the amount of time devoted to providing supplemental instruction and support.

For some students, an individual teacher might set goals based on their knowledge of where students should be by the end of the year. if a student scores at the 50th percentile, then they would be performing at average grade level expectations for that measure at that time of year). In situations where a student study team or IEP team meet, goals are frequently set in consultation with the student, their parents/guardians, and other specialist who might provide additional insights.

To gain more insight into setting and entering student goals you can:

• Go to page 88 of our easyCBM User's Manual.
• Explore the "Goal" feature in the Deluxe easyCBM program by going to the Resource tab on your dashboard, and access the Professional Development Courses. From there click on: Decision Making with easyCBM. You will be redirected to a page with Course Curriculum where you can click on: Using easyCBM for Identification Decisions. In the drop-down menu choose: Setting Goals-Overview Video.

The projected number goal you set will appear as a point on a graph, marked goal. You can determine the goal to set by accessing the Progress Monitoring Scoring Guidelines.