How to use IEP Says
Upload. Understand. Walk In Ready.
A step-by-step guide to getting the most out of your IEP analysis — from uploading your document to walking into your next meeting prepared.
Upload Your IEP Document
After signing up, you'll land on the upload screen. You have two options:
Drag and drop or browse for your IEP file. Works with any PDF, JPG, PNG, or HEIC image.
Scan the QR code with your phone to capture each page. Photos sync to your account automatically.
Processing takes under 5 minutes. While you wait, we'll ask a few optional questions about your concerns and goals — your answers appear in the report alongside the analysis.
See the Big Picture First
Your report opens with a Report Card — a quick snapshot of your child's IEP across five areas: completeness, goal quality, services, accommodations, and compliance with your state's requirements.
Emma's IEP Report Card
Needs Attention
4th Grade · Maple Elementary School
3 of 8 goals need clearer measures of progress.
8 goals across 3 areas, 5 well-written, 3 need work
5 services, 1 missing frequency details
4 included, 9 gaps identified
Discuss at Next Meeting
- Allow extended time (1.5x) on reading assessments
- Add visual schedule support for transitions between classes
- Include text-to-speech access for independent reading tasks
11 of 13 federal requirements met
All 6 required sections found
Your Report Card, ready in under 5 minutes.
Each category shows a clear rating so you know immediately where the plan is strong and where it needs attention. This is the “at a glance” view — the details come next.
Every Section in Plain English
Below the Report Card, every section of your child's IEP is rewritten in language you can actually understand. No jargon, no legalese.
Each section includes an IEP Says callout — a highlighted interpretation of what matters most for your child, plus a ready-to-use question for the IEP team.
Present Levels of Academic Achievement and Functional Performance
Choose Your Depth: Quick Take or Deep Dive
Every section has two views:
- Quick Take — the bottom line in one or two sentences. Good when you're short on time.
- Deep Dive — full context, what it means, and exactly what to bring up. Good before a meeting.
Emma is reading at a mid-2nd grade level based on classroom observations, but no formal assessment score is cited...
Mark Sections and Add Your Questions
As you read, bookmark any section you want to discuss at the meeting. You can also add your own questions or notes to any section.
Everything you mark automatically builds your Meeting Notes. By the time you finish reading, your meeting prep is done.
Section Walkthrough
Present Levels of Academic Achievement
Emma is reading at a mid-2nd grade level based on classroom observations, but no formal assessment score is cited...
Accommodations and Modifications
4 accommodations listed. Evaluation recommended visual schedules, text-to-speech, and extended time, none of which appear in the IEP...
Meeting Notes
0 itemsBookmark sections and add questions to build your notes.
Bookmark what matters. Ask your questions. Walk in prepared.
Print Your Meeting Guide
When you're ready for the meeting, print your Meeting Guide. It's a single page with everything organized:
- Priority issues from the Report Card at the top
- Your bookmarked sections with talking points
- Every question you added, organized by section
Meeting Prep Sheet
Emma Matossian
Maple Elementary · IEP dated 2025-10-16 · Prepared Mar 12, 2026
Priority Issues: Start Here
Emma's reading baseline says "below grade level" but doesn't cite a standardized score. Can you provide her most recent DRA, Fountas & Pinnell, or DIBELS level so we can measure progress accurately?
The IEP lists 4 accommodations, but Emma's evaluation recommended visual schedules, text-to-speech, and extended time. None of which appear. Can we add these?
Speech-language services are listed at 30 min/week. What specific skills will be targeted, and how will progress be reported to us?
Bring to Meeting
Print it. Bring it. Know exactly where to focus.
Send Pre-Written Emails
After the meeting — or before it — you may need to put something in writing. IEP Says generates email drafts pre-filled with your child's name, school, and the specific concerns from your report.
Edit them to sound like you, then send. Available templates include:
- Request an IEP meeting or evaluation
- Follow up on accommodations or service changes
- Document a concern and create a paper trail
Accommodation Follow-Up
Also available: IEP Meeting Request, Educational Records Request, Progress Update Request
More Tools Inside
Beyond the core report, you also get access to these features.
Ask Questions About Your IEP
Use the built-in chat to ask specific questions about your child's document. “What does this goal actually mean?” “Is 30 minutes of speech therapy enough?”
Page-by-Page Walkthrough
See your original IEP pages alongside AI annotations. Every section highlighted with explanations right next to the source.
Advocacy Guide
Federal IDEA rights, your state's specific rules, and dispute resolution pathways — personalized to your situation.
Set Your State
In Settings, select your state. The analysis will check your IEP against your state's specific special education requirements — not just federal law.
What's Free, What's Paid
Your first analysis is always free. Unlock the full toolkit for one payment per IEP.
Free
- Full IEP upload and processing
- Report Card with category ratings
- Plain-English section summaries
- IEP Says callouts on every section
- Goals breakdown with quality indicators
- Services list with frequency and providers
- Key dates and timelines
Unlock — $9.99 per IEP
- Everything in Free
- Compliance review against your state
- Accommodation gap analysis
- Strengths & growth assessment
- Meeting Guide (printable)
- Pre-written email templates
- Advocacy guide with legal citations
- IEP chat — ask questions about your document
- Page-by-page annotated walkthrough
Privacy and Security
- Your IEP documents are encrypted at rest and in transit
- Documents are never used to train AI models
- We use zero-data-retention API policies — your data isn’t stored by our AI provider
- You can delete all your data at any time from Settings
Ready to try it?
Upload your child's IEP. The free analysis takes under 5 minutes.
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