What is a standards-based IEP?
Many states and districts are moving toward standards-based IEPs, although there is not one common definition for what a standards-based IEP is. Some individuals have proposed that a standards-based IEP is one in which the IEP team has incorporated state content standards in the IEP development. Others suggest that in a standards-based system, all students—including those with disabilities—are to be taught the general curriculum based on state defined goals and standards. For students with disabilities, the IEP process can help define the services, supports, and specialized instruction the student needs in order to ameliorate the effects of his or her disability and access and make progress in the general, standards-based curriculum. Thus, the IEP defines what each individual student needs to succeed in the standards-based curriculum, but does not define the curriculum since the curriculum is what all students are to be taught.
Related Questions
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