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The IEP Team

By: National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities (NICHCY)

To write an effective IEP for a child with a disability, parents, teachers, other school staff — and often the child — must come together at a meeting to look closely at the child's unique needs. These individuals combine their knowledge, experience, and commitment to design an educational program that must help the child to be involved in, and progress in, the general education curriculum — that is, the same curriculum as for children without disabilities. The IEP guides the delivery of special education and related services and supplementary aids and supports for the child with a disability. Without a doubt, writing — and implementing — an effective IEP requires teamwork.

So — who's on the team? Here's a list, as specified in IDEA, our nation's special education law. Note that the order in which the IEP team members are going to be listed and discussed has nothing to do with their priority on the team, that every member has an equal say and important expertise to contribute.The IEP team, short and sweetIDEA describes the IEP team as including the following members:

• the parents of the child;
• not less than one regular education teacher of the child (if the child is, or may be, participating in the regular education environment);
• not less than one special education teacher of the child, or where appropriate, not less then one special education provider of the child;
• a representative of the public agency who is qualified to provide, or supervise the provision of, specially designed instruction to meet the unique needs of children with disabilities; is knowledgeable about the general education curriculum; and is knowledgeable about the availability of resources of the public agency;
• an individual who can interpret the instructional implications of evaluation results;
• other individuals who have knowledge or special expertise regarding the child, including related services personnel as appropriate (invited at the discretion of the parent or the agency); and
• the child with a disability (when appropriate).

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Also, find more information under our "Resources" tab.

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Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education:  ​2017 Special Education Data 
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Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education:  ​2018 MCAS Results by Subgroup by Grade and Subject - Hingham


Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education:  ​2018 Hingham Middle School Evaluation
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Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education:  2018 Accountability Data Card - Hingham

All Massachusetts districts and schools with sufficient data are classified into one of five accountability and assistance levels, with the highest performing in Level 1 and lowest performing in Level 5.  Hingham is classified as a Level 2 district.

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Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education:  2017 Report Card - Hingham

This report card contains information required by the federal Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) for our district and its schools including: student enrollment and teacher qualifications, student achievement, accountability, and the progress our school is making toward narrowing proficiency gaps for different groups of students.

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