Hi everyone, thank you so much for reading this question. I have a new student in our school who was identified as twice exceptional, gifted in math, and on an IEP for dyslexia, dysgraphia. The student has a decoding goal on his IEP from his previous school and his advocate wants us to add a fluency goal as well. As we are getting to know the student, we are also planning for his annual review. In his beginning of the year assessment he scored in the 95th percentile for overall reading, and after some additional data collection, he decoded three syllable words with all six syllable types, placed two years above his grade in reading comprehension and is one year ahead in reading fluency.
I proposed to the family, the advocate, and the private tutor that these reading goals should be removed as it is clear based on our data that this student does not need specialized instruction in the areas of fluency and decoding. I do strongly believe that the student has dysgraphia and would continue to support him in the areas of writing. I feel that I am being forced to keep a reading goal for the student. Can you please help guide me? Am I wrong for suggesting that we remove these goals? Looking forward to hearing from you all. Thank you!
