IEP Progress Monitoring in Nevada
How often should you receive IEP progress reports in Nevada?
Nevada 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, consistent with NAC 388.284 and 34 CFR 300.320(a)(3). Parents must be informed of progress at least as frequently as report cards are provided to students without disabilities. The IEP team must review the IEP at least annually and revise it when a student is not making expected progress toward annual goals (NAC 388.290). Nevada's use of scientifically research-based interventions (SRBI) prior to referral for evaluation also generates progress monitoring data that may inform IEP development and goal setting (NAC 388.325). For students evaluated under a response to intervention (RTI) model for specific learning disabilities, adequate progress-monitoring data gathered through research-based interventions is a component of the eligibility determination (NAC 388.420). The NDE provides guidance to schools on effective progress monitoring practices aligned with Nevada's accountability framework.
What Nevada Requires
The IEP must include a statement of how progress toward annual goals will be measured and how parents will be informed of progress (NAC 388.284; 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 students without disabilities (34 CFR 300.320(a)(3)).
When a student is not making expected progress toward annual goals, the IEP must be revised and the IEP team may need to reconvene (NAC 388.290; 34 CFR 300.324(b)).
Progress monitoring data from research-based interventions may inform eligibility decisions for specific learning disabilities under the RTI pathway (NAC 388.420).
All teachers and service providers responsible for implementing the IEP must be informed of their specific responsibilities for monitoring and reporting student progress (NAC 388.296; 34 CFR 300.323(d)).
Key Timelines
Progress reports must be issued at least as frequently as report cards for students without disabilities (34 CFR 300.320(a)(3)).
The IEP team must review progress at least annually and revise the IEP when progress is insufficient (NAC 388.290; 34 CFR 300.324(b)).
Parents may request an IEP team meeting at any time if they have concerns about the student's progress (NAC 388.290; 34 CFR 300.300).