Reading goals are the most common goals on IEPs — and the most commonly written badly. “Will improve reading skills” doesn't survive an annual review. A defensible reading goal names the passage level, the observable reading behavior, a numeric criterion (like words correct per minute), how you'll measure it, and by when. The templates below cover the reading progression from letter-sound correspondence through inference, each ready to customize.
Given a randomized set of all 26 lowercase letters, [Student] will produce the most common sound for each letter with 90% accuracy in 4 out of 5 consecutive trials, as measured by teacher-collected data by [date].
Measured by: Curriculum-based measurement, teacher data sheets
Given a list of 20 unfamiliar consonant-vowel-consonant (CVC) words, [Student] will decode them aloud with at least 85% accuracy on 3 consecutive weekly probes, as measured by curriculum-based measurement by [date].
Measured by: Weekly CBM probes
Given a grade-level passage, [Student] will read aloud at a rate of [target] words correct per minute with fewer than 5 errors, improving from a baseline of [current level] WCPM, on 3 consecutive weekly probes by [date].
Measured by: Timed oral reading fluency probes (WCPM)
After reading an instructional-level passage, [Student] will answer literal comprehension questions (who, what, where, when) with 80% accuracy in 4 out of 5 opportunities, as measured by teacher records and work samples by [date].
Measured by: Comprehension question sets, work samples
Given a grade-level informational text, [Student] will identify the main idea and provide at least two supporting details with 80% accuracy in 4 out of 5 trials, as measured by graphic organizers and teacher data by [date].
Measured by: Graphic organizers, rubric scoring
Given a high-school-level text, [Student] will make an inference and cite textual evidence to support it, scoring at least 3 out of 4 on a rubric in 4 out of 5 opportunities by [date].
Measured by: 4-point rubric, work samples
Every goal above follows the same skeleton: Given [condition], [student] will [observable behavior], achieving [criterion], as measured by [method], by [date]. Fill all five parts and the goal is measurable by definition.
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