The progress report a parent receives

Every IEP requires periodic written progress reporting. This is one student, every goal as the IEP wrote it, with the progress code and the sentence saying what it was based on. It prints one goal to a page.

Sample data — these children are made up

IEP Progress Report

August 13 – November 10, 2026

R. Example · teacher

This week This month Last 90 days This school year

Student: Sam Sample Student
Reporting period: August 13 – November 10, 2026
Goals reported: 2

This report describes progress toward Sam Sample Student's IEP goals during the period above. It is based on observations recorded as the work happened, and it reports progress toward each goal as written in the IEP.

Add two 3-digit numbers with regrouping

Given 10 problems, Sam adds two three-digit numbers with regrouping with at least 80% accuracy.

Baseline: 40%
Current: 86%
Target: 80%
Observations: 10

Sufficient progress

Improved from 58% to 86% across the period (no target set, so this compares the goal against its own earlier performance).

Mastery criteria have not been set for this goal, so progress is reported without a met-or-not-met judgement.

Between September 1, 2026 and November 3, 2026, 10 observations were recorded. Performance rose from a baseline of 40% on September 1, 2026 to a current level of 86% across the most recent 5 attempts. The target is 80%.

Answer comprehension questions

After reading one paragraph independently, Sam answers 3 multiple-choice comprehension questions.

Baseline: 33%
Current: 87%
Target: 100%
Observations: 9

Sufficient progress

Improved from 50% to 87% across the period (no target set, so this compares the goal against its own earlier performance).

Mastery criteria have not been set for this goal, so progress is reported without a met-or-not-met judgement.

Between September 8, 2026 and November 3, 2026, 9 observations were recorded. Performance rose from a baseline of 33% on September 1, 2026 to a current level of 87% across the most recent 5 attempts. The target is 100%.

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Date

Prepared November 10, 2026. Progress is measured against each goal as written in the IEP.

Which goals are going backwards

Every goal on the caseload fitted to its own trend and sorted by urgency — declining first. Where there is a target score, it names the month that target is reached at the current rate. Where there is not enough data, it says so rather than guessing.

Sample data — these children are made up

Goal Trajectory

August 1 – November 10, 2026

R. Example · teacher

This week This month Last 90 days This school year

1 goal is flat or going backwards.

Each projection is a straight line fitted through the observations in this period and extended to the target score. It assumes the current rate continues, which is a guess about the future, not a measurement of it. Goals with fewer than five observations are listed but not projected.

Student	Goal	Per week	Now	Target	Reading
Noah Placeholder	Write a 3-sentence paragraph	-10.7	25%	100%	Trending down about 10.7 points a week, so the 100% target is not being approached.
Mia Demonstration	Request a break using a card	—	—	80%	Not enough observations yet to read a trend — 3 so far, 5 needed.
Sam Sample Student	Add two 3-digit numbers with regrouping	+4.7	93%	80%	At or above the 80% target on the current trend.
Sam Sample Student	Answer comprehension questions	+8.9	100%	100%	At or above the 100% target on the current trend.
Ava Example	Transition between activities within 2 minutes	+10	100%	90%	At or above the 90% target on the current trend.

Does this child do better in the morning?

A question every teacher already answers from memory. Pink Cow timestamped every attempt, so it can answer it from the data — and it refuses to compare two parts of the day until each has enough observations to mean something.

Sample data — these children are made up

Time of Day

August 1 – November 10, 2026

R. Example · teacher

This week This month Last 90 days This school year

Scores run 13 points higher 10am – noon than 2pm and after — 75% against 62%.

Every observation is sorted by the time it was recorded, in the school's own time zone. A part of the day needs at least 5 observations before it is compared with another — one good Friday afternoon is not a pattern.

Before 10am72% · 10 observations

10am – noonstrongest75% · 12 observations

Noon – 2pm70% · 9 observations

2pm and afterweakest62% · 8 observations

What you get back

The progress report a parent receives

IEP Progress Report

Add two 3-digit numbers with regrouping

Answer comprehension questions

Which goals are going backwards

Goal Trajectory

Does this child do better in the morning?

Time of Day

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