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Short Term Objectives & Benchmarks Print this page Essential Elements Key Question: What will the child need to be able to do to achieve each goal? How do we get to the goals? What are the intermediate steps(short-term objectives) to achieving the goal? OR What are the major milestones(benchmarks) to achieving the goal? Purpose: To outline measurable, intermediate steps between a student's present level of performance and the annual goal. Definition: Short term objectives - intermediate steps to a goal Benchmarks - major milestones to a goal Key Characteristics: Measurable Minimum of 2 per goal A logical breakdown of the major components of an annual goal General indicators of progress, not a detailed instructional plan Specifies the behavior to be performed Short term objectives often specify conditions under which the child will perform the behavior Benchmarks often indicate a time frame May be a precursor step or a building block skill May be sequential (crawl, then walk) or parallel (decode accurately and understand what is read) Writing Strategy: Describe the behavior the child will be doing when the short-term objective or benchmark is achieved. ___________________________ More IEP Checklists Our thanks to the staff of Cooperative Educational Service Agency #7 (CESA) for permission to use this document. This district was the winner of the Wrightslaw "Best School Sites Contest." URL: http://www.cesa7.k12.wi.us/sped/issues-IEPissues/writingiep/stob.html   Copyright © 1998-2022, Peter W. D. Wright and Pamela Darr Wright. All rights reserved. Contact Us