IEP Progress Monitoring in Louisiana
How often should you receive IEP progress reports in Louisiana?
Louisiana requires that each IEP describe how progress toward annual goals will be measured and when periodic progress reports will be provided to parents, consistent with Bulletin 1706, §320(A)(3). Progress reports must be provided at least as frequently as nondisabled peers receive report cards. The IEP team selects appropriate progress-monitoring measures aligned to each annual goal. For students taking alternate assessments, short-term objectives must also be monitored and reported. Louisiana LDOE provides standardized IEP forms and IEP Training Modules (modules 1–4) covering data-driven present levels and measurable goal writing. The IEP team must conduct periodic meetings, not less than annually, to review each student's IEP and determine whether annual goals are being achieved (Bulletin 1706, §324(B)). Progress data must inform IEP revisions at annual review meetings.
What Louisiana Requires
The IEP must describe how progress toward each annual goal will be measured (Bulletin 1706, §320(A)(3)).
Bulletin 1706, §320(A)(3)
Periodic progress reports must be provided to parents at minimum as frequently as nondisabled peers receive report cards (Bulletin 1706, §320(A)(3)).
Bulletin 1706, §320(A)(3)
For students taking alternate assessments, progress toward short-term objectives must also be monitored and reported (Bulletin 1706, §320(A)(2)).
Bulletin 1706, §320(A)(2)
The IEP team must hold meetings at least annually to review the IEP and determine whether annual goals are being achieved (Bulletin 1706, §324(B)).
Bulletin 1706, §324(B)
Louisiana requires quarterly progress reports to parents for students with IEPs, aligned with the LEA's grading periods; progress must be documented in the SER (Special Education Reporting) system (Bulletin 1530).
Bulletin 1530; LDOE SER System
Progress monitoring data informs Louisiana's Annual Performance Report (APR) indicators, including Indicator 3 (assessment participation and performance); IEP teams must use progress data to adjust services and goals.
LDOE Annual Performance Report (APR); Bulletin 1706, §324(B)
Key Timelines
Progress reports to parents must be provided at minimum as often as nondisabled students receive report cards (Bulletin 1706, §320(A)(3)).
Annual IEP review must include a determination of whether annual goals are being achieved (Bulletin 1706, §324(B)).
Reevaluation to reassess present levels must occur at least every three years (Bulletin 1508, §304(b)(2)).