IEP Goals in Wyoming: What Parents Need to Know
What makes an IEP goal measurable in Wyoming?
Wyoming IEP goals must be measurable annual goals designed to meet the student's needs resulting from the disability to enable involvement and progress in the general curriculum (WY Rules Ch. 7 § 7(b)(ii); 34 CFR 300.320(a)(2)). For students taking alternate assessments aligned to alternate achievement standards, the IEP must include benchmarks or short-term objectives. Wyoming follows the federal baseline that benchmarks or short-term objectives are required only for students taking alternate assessments, though IEP teams may choose to include them for any student. The IEP must describe how progress toward annual goals will be measured and how parents will be regularly informed (WY Rules Ch. 7 § 7(b)(iii); 34 CFR 300.320(a)(3)). Goals are reviewed at least annually, and the IEP must be revised when the student is not making expected progress (WY Rules Ch. 7 § 7(e)).
What Wyoming Requires
Annual goals must be measurable and address disability-related needs to enable progress in the general curriculum (WY Rules Ch. 7 § 7(b)(ii); 34 CFR 300.320(a)(2)).
For students taking alternate assessments aligned to alternate achievement standards, benchmarks or short-term objectives are required (WY Rules Ch. 7 § 7(b)(ii)(B); 34 CFR 300.320(a)(2)(ii)).
The IEP must describe how progress toward each annual goal will be measured (WY Rules Ch. 7 § 7(b)(iii); 34 CFR 300.320(a)(3)(i)).
Parents must be informed of progress toward annual goals at least as frequently as report cards are issued to nondisabled students (WY Rules Ch. 7 § 7(b)(iii); 34 CFR 300.320(a)(3)(ii)).
Goals must be revised when the student is not making expected progress or when reevaluation or changed circumstances warrant revision (WY Rules Ch. 7 § 7(e); 34 CFR 300.324(b)(1)).
Key Timelines
Annual goals cover a one-year period and are reviewed at least annually at the IEP meeting (WY Rules Ch. 7 § 7(e); 34 CFR 300.324(b)).
Progress reports must be provided at least as frequently as report cards for nondisabled students (WY Rules Ch. 7 § 7(b)(iii); 34 CFR 300.320(a)(3)).
Goals must be revised when a student is not making expected progress, which may require convening the IEP team before the annual review (WY Rules Ch. 7 § 7(e)).