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IEP Goal Banks by Grade Band
45 goal banks · roughly 750 measurable goals. Each bank is built for one subject and one grade band, with targets anchored to published benchmarks — end-of-year fluency rates, math fact expectations, transition-planning requirements — instead of round numbers. Every goal includes how it is measured and how progress is monitored. No email required to read them.
Reading IEP goals
3rd – 5th Grade
3rd–5th Grade Reading IEP Goals
Where reading shifts from learning to read to reading to learn. Fluency runs ~110 CWPM in 3rd to ~140 in 5th, but students still decoding here need a decoding goal despite the grade level.
21 measurable goals · 3-page PDF
6th – 8th Grade
Middle School Reading IEP Goals
Goals that have to survive six teachers and a rotating schedule. Fluency plateaus around 150 CWPM here, so most goals target comprehension, vocabulary, and strategies a student applies independently.
17 measurable goals · 3-page PDF
9th – 12th Grade
High School Reading IEP Goals
Goals that point past graduation. IDEA requires transition planning by 16, so these connect to what the student wants next — a lease, a job application, a college textbook, a technical manual.
17 measurable goals · 3-page PDF
Kindergarten – 2nd Grade
K–2 Reading IEP Goals
The band where decoding is built. Fluency targets are real here — roughly 60 CWPM by end of 1st, 100 by end of 2nd — so the goal numbers come from benchmarks, not guesses.
19 measurable goals · 2-page PDF
Preschool & Pre-K
Preschool & Pre-K Reading IEP Goals
Precursor reading goals measured during play and story time — print awareness, phonological awareness, letters, and listening comprehension. No fluency targets yet, because there shouldn't be at this age.
19 measurable goals · 2-page PDF
Writing IEP goals
3rd – 5th Grade
Writing IEP Goals — 3rd – 5th Grade
Composing and mechanics are split into separate goals here on purpose — a student can have strong ideas and weak punctuation, or the reverse, and one blended goal hides which one needs the actual support.
17 measurable goals · 3-page PDF
6th – 8th Grade
Writing IEP Goals — Middle School
This is where writing goals shift from handwriting to analysis — citing evidence, explaining how it supports a claim, and varying sentence structure, plus note-taking and one functional writing sample.
17 measurable goals · 3-page PDF
9th – 12th Grade
Writing IEP Goals — High School
These 16 goals include at least one functional, non-academic writing task — an email, a form, a resume — because postsecondary and workplace settings will ask for exactly that.
16 measurable goals · 3-page PDF
Kindergarten – 2nd Grade
Writing IEP Goals — Kindergarten – 2nd Grade
These 17 goals use real CBM written-expression measures — total words written and correct writing sequences from a 3-minute probe — alongside handwriting, sentence conventions, and spelling.
17 measurable goals · 3-page PDF
Preschool & Pre-K
Writing IEP Goals — Preschool & Pre-K
There's no CBM probe for preschoolers — these 15 goals track pre-writing skills and engagement instead: pencil grasp, prewriting strokes, name writing, and composing through drawing and dictation.
15 measurable goals · 3-page PDF
Math IEP goals
3rd – 5th Grade
3rd–5th Grade Math IEP Goals
Multiplication, division, and fractions dominate here, and fact fluency stops being optional — a student who hasn't automatised facts stalls on every multi-step problem after.
18 measurable goals · 2-page PDF
6th – 8th Grade
Middle School Math IEP Goals
Proportional reasoning, integers, and early algebra — with honest gap-filling goals alongside the grade-level ones, since many students arrive still missing facts and fractions.
21 measurable goals · 2-page PDF
9th – 12th Grade
High School Math IEP Goals
Goals that follow the transition plan: financial literacy and workplace math for one path, algebra and data literacy for another. Both are rigorous — the student's plan decides which leads.
17 measurable goals · 2-page PDF
Kindergarten – 2nd Grade
K–2 Math IEP Goals
Number sense and fact fluency, with real math CBM benchmarks (~20 digits/min by end of 1st, 30-40 by end of 2nd). Rate matters, not just accuracy.
17 measurable goals · 2-page PDF
Preschool & Pre-K
Preschool & Pre-K Math IEP Goals
Early math measured during play, snack, and clean-up — counting, one-to-one correspondence, sorting, shapes, and patterns. No computation goals, because there shouldn't be any at this age.
15 measurable goals · 2-page PDF
Behavior IEP goals
3rd – 5th Grade
Behavior IEP Goals — 3rd – 5th Grade
Upper elementary goals start fading adult support — self-monitoring checklists, independent use of a calm-down space, and a replacement behavior that has to generalize across two or more adults to count as mastered.
21 measurable goals · 3-page PDF
6th – 8th Grade
Behavior IEP Goals — Middle School
A plan that has to work across 6 different teachers needs measurement simple enough for a substitute to use — these 17 goals also shift from staff-managed accommodations toward student-initiated self-advocacy.
17 measurable goals · 3-page PDF
9th – 12th Grade
Behavior IEP Goals — High School
These 16 goals follow the transition plan into wherever the student is actually headed — a workplace, a college classroom, independent living — and shift self-management from a staff-run chart to a student-run system.
16 measurable goals · 3-page PDF
Kindergarten – 2nd Grade
Behavior IEP Goals — Kindergarten – 2nd Grade
Unlike reading or math, behavior has no norm chart — these 17 goals set criteria from baseline data instead, covering self-regulation, replacement behavior, classroom expectations, and early self-monitoring.
17 measurable goals · 3-page PDF
Preschool & Pre-K
Behavior IEP Goals — Preschool & Pre-K
Behavior goals at this age target a replacement skill, not just a reduced tantrum count — handing over a break card, following a 1-step direction, using a picture card to request instead of grabbing.
15 measurable goals · 3-page PDF
Adaptive/Life Skills IEP goals
3rd – 5th Grade
Adaptive & Life Skills IEP Goals — 3rd – 5th Grade
Money and time goals here are functional as much as academic — a student who can count exact change or read a clock for their own schedule is using math for independence, not just for a test.
17 measurable goals · 3-page PDF
6th – 8th Grade
Adaptive & Life Skills IEP Goals — Middle School
Community-based instruction matters here — a student who can plan a budget on a worksheet may not yet manage money in an actual store. These 17 goals push toward the real or simulated setting.
17 measurable goals · 3-page PDF
9th – 12th Grade
Adaptive & Life Skills IEP Goals — High School
These 16 goals tie to a real postsecondary destination — laundry, cooking, and budgeting look different for a student headed to a dorm than for one headed to a supported living program.
16 measurable goals · 3-page PDF
Kindergarten – 2nd Grade
Adaptive & Life Skills IEP Goals — Kindergarten – 2nd Grade
A full routine — handwashing, toileting, dressing — is really a chain of small steps. These 17 goals treat it as a checklist so you can see exactly which step is still the barrier.
17 measurable goals · 3-page PDF
Preschool & Pre-K
Adaptive & Life Skills IEP Goals — Preschool & Pre-K
These 14 goals track how much physical prompting is fading during self-care, not just whether the step got done — the fade is what actually shows progress at this age.
14 measurable goals · 3-page PDF
Communication IEP goals
3rd – 5th Grade
Communication IEP Goals — 3rd – 5th Grade
Grammar and narrative retell are split into separate goals here on purpose — blending mechanics and content into one accuracy target hides which skill is actually the barrier.
17 measurable goals · 3-page PDF
6th – 8th Grade
Communication IEP Goals — Middle School
This is where communication goals start overlapping with content-area learning — these 16 goals target the actual academic task (explaining a math solution, following a lecture) instead of isolated speech skills.
16 measurable goals · 3-page PDF
9th – 12th Grade
Communication IEP Goals — High School
These 16 goals include at least one unfamiliar-partner or real-world task — a student who communicates well with a familiar teacher may still need direct practice with an interviewer or a stranger on the phone.
16 measurable goals · 3-page PDF
Kindergarten – 2nd Grade
Communication IEP Goals — Kindergarten – 2nd Grade
Following directions gets harder along two separate axes — step count and whether steps are related — and these 17 goals separate wh-question difficulty, grammar, and narrative retell instead of blending them into one target.
17 measurable goals · 3-page PDF
Preschool & Pre-K
Communication IEP Goals — Preschool & Pre-K
AAC and requesting goals here count generalization, not just accuracy — a student who only communicates with one familiar adult using one method hasn't learned to communicate yet, they've learned a script for one person.
15 measurable goals · 3-page PDF
Executive Function IEP goals
3rd – 5th Grade
Executive Function IEP Goals — 3rd – 5th Grade
These 18 goals start requiring independence, not just accuracy — a student who plans a project only when an adult sits with them hasn't yet learned to plan on their own.
18 measurable goals · 3-page PDF
6th – 8th Grade
Executive Function IEP Goals — Middle School
Middle school multiplies executive function demands overnight — six teachers, six sets of expectations. These 18 goals include an organization system that has to work across every class.
18 measurable goals · 3-page PDF
9th – 12th Grade
Executive Function IEP Goals — High School
These 16 goals fade adult support toward real independence — the planner a staff member checked in 9th grade should be a system the student runs themselves by 12th.
16 measurable goals · 3-page PDF
Kindergarten – 2nd Grade
Executive Function IEP Goals — Kindergarten – 2nd Grade
Task initiation is the gap between knowing what to do and actually starting — these 17 goals treat starting a task as its own measurable skill, separate from understanding it.
17 measurable goals · 3-page PDF
Preschool & Pre-K
Executive Function IEP Goals — Preschool & Pre-K
Executive function at this age looks like attention span, waiting, and simple routines — not planners or checklists. These 14 goals track the earliest building blocks: holding a 2-step direction and trying again when something doesn't work.
14 measurable goals · 3-page PDF
Fine Motor IEP goals
3rd – 5th Grade
Fine Motor IEP Goals — 3rd – 5th Grade
Endurance becomes as important as accuracy at this age — these 17 goals track whether legibility or precision holds up across a full task, not just the first two minutes.
16 measurable goals · 3-page PDF
6th – 8th Grade
Fine Motor IEP Goals — Middle School
Fine motor demands multiply across a middle schooler's day — a locker, a binder, lab equipment. These 14 goals target the actual tools this student has to use, not a generic scenario.
14 measurable goals · 3-page PDF
9th – 12th Grade
Fine Motor IEP Goals — High School
These 14 goals tie to the actual vocational or independent-living plan — the tools and precision demands of a kitchen job look nothing like those of a clerical placement.
14 measurable goals · 3-page PDF
Kindergarten – 2nd Grade
Fine Motor IEP Goals — Kindergarten – 2nd Grade
These 18 goals separate the physical skill — grasp, cutting, in-hand manipulation — from the academic output, legible handwriting, since a student can have one without the other.
18 measurable goals · 3-page PDF
Preschool & Pre-K
Fine Motor IEP Goals — Preschool & Pre-K
Grasp develops in a known sequence — palmar, digital pronate, static tripod, dynamic tripod — and these 14 goals track where a student is on it, not just whether they've “mastered” grasp.
14 measurable goals · 3-page PDF
Social Skills IEP goals
3rd – 5th Grade
Social Skills IEP Goals — 3rd – 5th Grade
These 16 goals measure conversation by reciprocity, not just initiation — a student who asks one question and goes quiet hasn't yet learned the harder, more useful skill of maintaining an exchange.
16 measurable goals · 3-page PDF
6th – 8th Grade
Social Skills IEP Goals — Middle School
These 17 goals include a section most goal banks skip — digital and online social skills — because a lot of middle school peer conflict now starts or escalates in a group chat.
17 measurable goals · 3-page PDF
9th – 12th Grade
Social Skills IEP Goals — High School
These 16 goals mirror the transition plan's setting — small talk with a coworker and small talk with a classmate use the same skill but different scripts, and the goal should specify which one.
16 measurable goals · 3-page PDF
Kindergarten – 2nd Grade
Social Skills IEP Goals — Kindergarten – 2nd Grade
These 17 goals use the Social Thinking framework's “expected vs. unexpected” language — since the same behavior can be expected in one setting and unexpected in another — alongside turn-taking, conversation, and friendship skills.
17 measurable goals · 3-page PDF
Preschool & Pre-K
Social Skills IEP Goals — Preschool & Pre-K
Social skills at this age start with proximity and imitation, not conversation — these 14 goals track parallel and cooperative play, joint attention, recognizing basic emotions, and group participation.
14 measurable goals · 3-page PDF