IEP Progress Monitoring in Indiana
How often should you receive IEP progress reports in Indiana?
Indiana requires that the IEP include both a description of how the student's progress toward each annual goal will be measured and when periodic reports on that progress will be provided to parents (511 IAC 7-42-6(a)(4)). Progress reports must be issued at least as frequently as report cards are provided to nondisabled students, which in most Indiana districts means quarterly or at semester intervals (34 CFR 300.320(a)(3)). Progress reports must indicate whether the student is making sufficient progress to achieve annual goals by the end of the IEP year. When a student is not making expected progress, the Case Conference Committee (CCC) should reconvene to consider revisions to goals, services, or placement (511 IAC 7-42-7). For students who take alternate assessments, benchmarks or short-term objectives provide additional intermediate data points between annual reviews (511 IAC 7-42-6(a)(3)). Indiana requires the public agency to implement the IEP as written; failure to implement IEP services or progress monitoring procedures can form the basis for a state complaint under 511 IAC 7-45-1. Progress monitoring data must also inform the PLAAFP at annual review and any mid-year CCC revisions.
What Indiana Requires
The IEP must describe how progress toward each annual goal will be measured and when periodic progress reports will be provided to parents (511 IAC 7-42-6(a)(4); 34 CFR 300.320(a)(3)).
Progress reports must be issued at least as frequently as report cards for nondisabled students (34 CFR 300.320(a)(3)(ii)).
Progress reports must indicate whether the student's progress is sufficient to achieve each annual goal by the end of the IEP year.
When a student is not making expected progress, the CCC must convene to consider revisions to the IEP (511 IAC 7-42-7).
For students on alternate assessments, benchmarks or short-term objectives provide intermediate progress markers between annual reviews (511 IAC 7-42-6(a)(3)).
Failure to implement IEP progress monitoring constitutes a potential violation of 511 IAC 7 and may be the subject of a state complaint filed with IDOE (511 IAC 7-45-1).
Key Timelines
Progress reports must be issued at least as frequently as report cards for nondisabled students, typically quarterly in Indiana districts (34 CFR 300.320(a)(3)(ii)).
The CCC must review progress annually at the annual IEP meeting, or more often if the student is not making expected progress (511 IAC 7-42-7).