IEP Progress Monitoring in Delaware
How often should you receive IEP progress reports in Delaware?
Delaware IEPs must include a description of how the student's progress toward each annual goal will be measured and when periodic progress reports will be provided to parents (14 Del. Admin. Code 925 § 9.1(h)). Progress reports must be provided to parents at least as frequently as report cards are issued to nondisabled students in general education, which in most Delaware districts is quarterly. Progress monitoring methods must be aligned with each goal and may include curriculum-based measurement, observation, work samples, data tracking, and other objective measures. When a student is not making expected progress toward an annual goal, the school must notify the parent and take action, which may include convening the IEP team to revise the IEP before the annual review (14 Del. Admin. Code 925 § 11.0). Delaware schools also utilize Multi-Tiered Systems of Support (MTSS) and RtI frameworks to inform ongoing progress monitoring (14 Del. Admin. Code 925 § 16.0).
What Delaware Requires
The IEP must describe how progress toward each annual goal will be measured and specify the schedule for providing periodic progress reports to parents (14 Del. Admin. Code 925 § 9.1(h); 34 CFR 300.320(a)(3)).
Progress reports must be provided to parents at least as frequently as report cards are issued to nondisabled students (14 Del. Admin. Code 925 § 9.1(h); 34 CFR 300.320(a)(3)).
When a student is not making expected progress toward a goal, the school must notify the parent and consider convening the IEP team for a revision before the annual review (14 Del. Admin. Code 925 § 11.0).
Progress monitoring methods must be objective and tied to each measurable annual goal and its associated short-term objectives or benchmarks (14 Del. Admin. Code 925 § 9.1(b), (h)).
RtI data used to determine SLD eligibility also informs ongoing progress monitoring for students with learning disabilities (14 Del. Admin. Code 925 § 16.0).
Key Timelines
Progress reports must be issued at least as frequently as report cards for nondisabled students — typically quarterly in Delaware (14 Del. Admin. Code 925 § 9.1(h)).
Annual goals and progress monitoring methods are reviewed at every annual IEP meeting (14 Del. Admin. Code 925 § 11.0).
Interim reports or IEP revisions must occur if the student is not making expected progress before the annual review (14 Del. Admin. Code 925 § 11.0).