Re: [school-discuss] Web-based IEP application

[Wayne Lang <langw@chs.rcas.org>]

There is a growing trend toward "Individualized Learning Plans" or ILP.
These plans are gaining insterest but there are no tools for teachers to
keep the workload at a manageable level.  Creating a tool for organizing
individual student goals and learning progress would be a terrific goal for
open source development.  Couple  an ILP tool with a way to maintain
a student learning portfolio so examples of work could be burned on a CD
and you would have a sure winner.

Wayne Lang

Josh Levine wrote:

> Ken Russell wrote:
>
> > Well, this is very much tied to U.S. Education Law. K-12 students can be
> > identified as needing "special education" because of problems they may
> > have, either physical impairments, or psychological impairments, such as a
> > kid who has a great deal of difficulty reading or learning. This
> > designation (they must be screened) then allows for extra resources to be
> > directed their way, either with a smaller classroom, equipment, one-on-one
> > tutoring, or other accommodations. This whole process must be meticulously
> > documented and there are very strict policies and procedures. Traditionally
> > it has all been done on paper and the process (or product) is called an
> > "Independent Education Program." There are some big advantages to doing it
> > online instead of with paper.  Because it is so bound in federal law and
> > policy, it probably does not have any relevance to educators outside of the
> > U.S.
>
> Aren't IEP's also required for children staffed "gifted" as well?  Or
> maybe that's a different IEP, because I thought it stood for Individual
> Eduction Plan.
>
> --Josh Levine