Policy – Category 5000 (Students)
BP 5002 – Evaluation and Assessment
transition needs in the areas of training, instruction, employment and post-school adult living, community, and related services.
If the purpose of the present level of educational performance is to identify a student’s needs and establish a baseline from which to develop meaningful and measurable goals, then the PLOP should:
• Be stated in terms that are specific, measurable, and objective;
• Describe current performance, not past performance;
• Prioritize and identify needs that will be written as goals; and
• Provide baseline information for each need.
In order to develop meaningful present levels of educational performance and to prioritize student needs, the IEP team considers a variety of factors: interventions and progress on the current IEP goals, evaluation results, and progress in the general curriculum.
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Preschool
Title 17 of the California Code of Regulations § 52084(a). Assessment for service planning for eligible infants or toddlers shall identify all of the following:
1. The infant’s or toddler’s unique strengths and needs in each of the five areas specified in § 52082(b)(3);
2. Early intervention and other services appropriate to meet the needs identified in (a)(1) of this subsection; and
3. If the family consents to a family assessment, the resources, priorities and concerns of the family and the supports and services necessary to enhanc e the family’s capacity to meet the developmental needs of an infant or toddler with a disability.
For students at age birth to five, screening and assessment activities go beyond scores, standard deviation, and levels of functioning. Since parents and families may not have previous experience with public and educational service agencies, the process itself can provide the first steps to a collaborative partnership. Time spent with the child and the family helps the examiner to observe the present levels of functioning and need. Since
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Desert Mountain Special Education Local Plan Area (DMSELPA) (rev. 02/14)
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