An AI assistant for case managers, special education teachers and directors. From present levels to standards-based IEP goals and progress monitoring.
Josh M.
Grade 4 · Reading
Strengths
Needs work
Shaped into a goal written for Josh
Individualized IEP goal
Defensible
Given a grade 4 Amplify Unit 3 passage, Josh will identify the main idea and two supporting details in 3 of 4 checkpoints, by June 2026.
Writes back into the system you already use
Goals and progress data sync with one click. No re-typing into a second tool.
The outcome gap
IEP goals get written against curriculum programs instead of state standards. The goal gets met. The gap keeps widening.
7.5M
US students have an active IEP. Each is entitled to a goal pointing at grade level, not curriculum progression.
The legal baseline
OSERS guidance (2015), 34 C.F.R. § 300.320(a)(2), and Endrew F. (2017) make standards-based, “appropriately ambitious” goals legally required.
“Students with IEPs have been significantly underperforming in their acquisition of grade-level content because our focus has not been on that.”
How a Lernico goal is built
Six stops, top to bottom.
Goal creation
Tracking and follow-up
Goal creation
An evaluation report, a prior IEP, benchmark scores. Never a blank page.
Grade level
Sets the bar
State standard
The entitlement
Curriculum position
Scope and sequence
Baseline data
Present levels
One standards-based goal
Pointed at the grade-level standard, anchored in the adopted curriculum.
Josh M.
Grade 4 · Reading
Strength
Strong oral comprehension
Retells a passage accurately when it is read to him
Bottleneck
Working memory (WMI 79)
Loses the thread across a full page of text
What the goal targets
Main idea and two supporting details
Grade 4 standard, in the unit the class is teaching now
That second tag is the part a goal bank cannot do.
In the teacher's dashboard the morning it is written.
Tracking and follow-up
Quick entries and work samples, taken during the lesson.
Seconds per entry, inside the lesson.
Drift off the aim line is flagged in weeks, not at the annual review.
The case manager sees it the week it happens.
A plain-language summary of what changed, without the legal vocabulary.
Josh found the main idea 4 times out of 5 this month, up from 1 in March. On track for June.
Legally defensible
Holds up at the IEP meeting
Anchored to the grade
The enrolled grade's standard, not the working one
Consistent quality
Every case manager, every school
What the six stops are for
Every stop points at the grade-level standard.
Not the level he can already access on his own. The standard he is entitled to, which is the part that makes the goal defensible.
Standards-Based Goals
Generic AI writes goals that sound right and are anchored to nothing. Every Lernico goal is anchored to three things.
Goal: Reading Comprehension (4th Grade)
DEFENSIBLEState Standard
PA Core 4.RI.2: Determine the main idea of a text and explain how it is supported by key details; summarize the text.
Curriculum Anchor
Amplify Grade 4, Unit 3: Eureka in the West
Generated Goal
By June 2026, given a grade 4 text from Amplify Unit 3, Josh will identify the main idea and two supporting details with 80% accuracy across four weekly checkpoints.
The classroom handoff
The case manager writes it. General education teachers are legally required to deliver it. Lernico produces the version they can actually use.
Student at a Glance
Josh M. · Grade 4 · Reading · Ms. Patel
This year's goal
Identify the main idea and two supporting details in a grade 4 text, 80% accuracy.
Specially designed instruction
Changes how he is taught
Accommodations
Changes how he accesses the work
Watch for
Shuts down when asked to write before he has talked it through.
SDI, translated
In the IEP
Provide explicit instruction in identifying central ideas with graphic organizer support.
On Tuesday
Give Josh the main-idea organizer before independent work. Same task as the class.
In the IEP
Provide pre-teaching of academic vocabulary prior to text engagement.
On Tuesday
Three minutes on the four key words before the read-aloud starts.
Bring a real one
Goal, one-pager and SDI translation, generated on the call.
Compliance
Most "AI IEP tools" are a general model with an IEP-flavored prompt on top.
Measurable, condition-specified, and tied to access to the general education curriculum.
20 U.S.C. § 1414(d)(1)(A)
OSERS tied IEP goals to grade-level state content standards. Lernico enforces that at generation, not review.
OSERS Dear Colleague Letter, Nov. 2015
Endrew F. raised the bar from "de minimis" to "appropriately ambitious." Goals are written to the higher standard.
137 S. Ct. 988 (2017)
Built around the frameworks that govern special education
Common Questions
A SMART IEP goal is Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, and Time-bound. It names the behavior, the condition it is performed under, a criterion for success, and a date. Lernico generates all five on every goal.
Goal banks give you static text to adapt yourself. Lernico writes a new goal for the student, tied to your state standard and your district's adopted curriculum.
Every goal is generated against IDEA requirements, OSERS 2015 guidance, and the Endrew F. standard. You remain the author of record.
Yes. Goals and progress data push back to EDPlan, Frontline, PowerSchool Special Programs, and SEAS with one click.
Reading, writing and math IEP goals; behavior IEP goals; social-emotional and executive functioning goals; IEP goals for autism; and transition IEP goals. Each is generated against the student's grade-level standard, not pulled from a static bank.
All 50 states, including Pennsylvania Core, NJSLS, Common Core, TEKS, and NGSS. Frameworks are updated as states revise them.
Yes. Most districts start with a 60–90 day pilot across 2–3 schools before expanding.
Thirty minutes against your own state's framework, and no student data. If it isn't better than your team's, walk away.
