PRESENT LEVEL OF PERFORMANCE

Essential Elements

Key Question: What is the child doing now?

Purpose: to describe the unique needs of the child that will be addressed by special education and related services, and to establish a baseline of measurable information that serves as the starting point for developing goals and objectives/benchmarks.

Definition: The present level of performance specifies:

• the strengths of the child
• the unique needs of the child
• parental concerns
• how the child's disability affects their involvement and progress in the general curriculum

Key Characteristics:

• measurable
• objective
• functional
• current
• identifies any special factors
• describes both academic and non-academic areas
• includes the results of most recent evaluation or re-evaluation (e.g. formal and informal educational performance data, state and/or district assessments)
• establishes a baseline of information used in writing goals, short term objectives and benchmarks

Writing Strategy: Describe the behavior the child is doing in objective, measurable terms.

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