IEP Progress Monitoring in Hawaii
How often should you receive IEP progress reports in Hawaii?
Hawaii requires that each IEP include a statement of how the student's progress toward annual goals will be measured and how parents will be regularly informed of that progress, implemented through HAR § 8-56-28(b)(3). Parents must be informed of progress at least as frequently as report cards are provided to parents of nondisabled students. Progress monitoring data must support IEP revision decisions — when a student is not making expected progress toward goals, the IEP team must review and revise the IEP (HAR § 8-56-32). Hawaii's single-district structure means HIDOE establishes statewide progress monitoring systems and guidance, including the use of data-based decision making frameworks. HIDOE's Multi-Tiered Systems of Support (MTSS) framework informs both pre-referral intervention and ongoing progress monitoring practices.
What Hawaii Requires
The IEP must include a statement of how progress toward annual goals will be measured and how parents will be informed of progress (HAR § 8-56-28(b)(3)(i)-(ii); 34 CFR 300.320(a)(3)).
Parents must be informed of progress toward annual goals at least as frequently as report cards are issued to parents of nondisabled students (HAR § 8-56-28(b)(3)(ii); 34 CFR 300.320(a)(3)(ii)).
When a student is not making expected progress toward annual goals, the IEP must be reviewed and revised and the IEP team reconvened as necessary (HAR § 8-56-32; 34 CFR 300.324(b)(1)(i)).
Progress monitoring data must be used to determine whether goals and services remain appropriate and whether revisions are needed (HAR § 8-56-32; 34 CFR 300.324(b)).
For students taking the Hawaii State Alternate Assessment (HiSAA), progress monitoring must address performance on the alternate achievement standards documented in the IEP (HAR § 8-56-28(b)(6)).
Key Timelines
Progress reports must be issued to parents at least as frequently as report cards for nondisabled students (HAR § 8-56-28(b)(3)(ii); 34 CFR 300.320(a)(3)(ii)).
The IEP team must review progress at least annually and revise the IEP when progress is insufficient (HAR § 8-56-32).
A parent may request an IEP meeting at any time to address concerns about the student's progress toward annual goals (34 CFR 300.324(a)(1)(ii)).