“Create ONE formal reading comprehension progress-monitoring trial for an 8th-grade special education student. IEP GOAL: Given a grade-level passage that the student may read or listen to, the student will independently answer multiple-choice and written-response comprehension questions with 80% accuracy in 2 out of 3 trials. PURPOSE: This is FORMAL IEP PROGRESS MONITORING, not reading instruction. PASSAGE: - Create one age-appropriate grade-level informational passage appropriate for an 8th-grade student. - The student may READ the passage or LISTEN to it being read, consistent with the IEP goal. - The passage must contain all information necessary to answer the questions. QUESTIONS: Create exactly 10 comprehension questions. Include both: - Multiple-choice questions - Short written-response questions Assess: - Main idea - Important details - Inference - Vocabulary in context - Text evidence/understanding of information from the passage ADMINISTRATION: - Allow the student to read or listen to the passage. - The student must answer the questions independently. - Do NOT provide hints, sentence starters, guided answers, reteaching, or corrective feedback during the assessment. - Do NOT turn the probe into an instructional lesson. STUDENT COPY: Include: - Passage - 10 questions - Adequate writing space - No answers, hints, teacher notes, or scoring information TEACHER COPY: Keep completely separate and include: - Complete answer key - Specific acceptable-answer criteria for written responses - Correct/incorrect scoring for each question DATA SUMMARY: Date: __________ Trial #: __________ Correct: _____ / 10 Accuracy: _____ % IEP Criterion: 80% Met Criterion: Yes / No Errors/observations: ______________________________ 8/10 = 80% and meets the criterion. Do NOT describe one successful trial as mastery. The IEP requires 80% accuracy in 2 out of 3 trials.”