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Age-Appropriate Transition Assessment, Explained
Administer something. File it. Move on. That’s transition assessment treated as a compliance checkbox, and it’s how most of them get handled. Done well, it’s not a formality that happens alongside the postsecondary goals — it’s the single piece of data that should be driving every one of them. It’s Not a Test You Give…
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The 5-Phase Framework for a Student-Run Classroom Business
$534.30. That’s the real, itemized cost of starting one of these programs from a single Walmart run — pans, cleaning supplies, cake mix, packaging, down to the sprinkles. Not a grant. Not a fundraiser. One trip, one receipt, one number small enough to actually request from a site budget. Every “start a classroom business” resource…
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How to Write a Measurable IEP Goal
95 words correct per minute. Four weeks later, 109 to 111. Accuracy up from 94% to 96-97%. Comprehension up from 68% to 72-74%. That’s real data, from one 9th grader’s reading intervention. None of it happens by accident — and none of it gets tracked without a goal built to be scored, not just hoped…
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Accommodations vs Modifications vs SDI
One line is all it takes. A modification, filed under accommodations. Nobody catches it in the meeting. The parent doesn’t catch it. Half the time, the case manager doesn’t either — not until a file review turns a paperwork slip into a finding. That’s the real cost of treating these three words as interchangeable. They’re…
