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Present Level of Performance Print this page Essential Elements Key Question: What is the child doing now? Purpose: To describe the unique needs of the child that will be addressed by special education and related services, and to establish a baseline of measurable information that serves as the starting point for developing goals and objectives/benchmarks. Definition: The present level of performance specifies: the strengths of the child the unique needs of the child parental concerns how the child's disability affects their involvement and progress in the general curriculum Key Characteristics: measurable objective functional current identifies any special factors describes both academic and non-academic areas includes the results of most recent evaluation or re-evaluation (e.g. formal and informal educational performance data, state and/or district assessments) establishes a baseline of information used in writing goals, short term objectives and benchmarks Writing Strategy: Describe the behavior the child is doing in objective, measurable terms. _____________ More IEP Checklists Our thanks to the staff of Cooperative Educational Service Agency #7 (CESA) for permission to use this document. This district won the Wrightslaw "Best School Sites Contest." Copyright © 1999-2007, Peter W. D. Wright and Pamela Darr Wright. All rights reserved. Contact Us