IEP Quality Inventory (download)
- Works as a checklist for quality program design during initial drafting of a complete IEP.
- Works as a tool to evaluate quality of an IEP written by others. Helpful in auditing to determine which if any parts of an IEP may need revisions.
- Useful for both pre-service and in-service special educators, as well as for special education administrators.
IEP Quality Inventory BRIEF (download)
- Works as a checklist for quality program design during initial drafting of the IEP Present Level of Performance and/or IEP goals.
- Works as a tool to evaluate quality of portions of an IEP written by others. Helpful in auditing to determine which if any goals of an IEP may need revisions.
- Works as a pre to post tool to assess gains in response to professional development specific to IEP writing.
- Useful for both pre-service and in-service special educators, as well as for special education administrators.
Permission to Use:
These instruments are published here for access and use by any interested educators. Additional permission is NOT required from the instrument author. Dr. Burchard would appreciate being informed about how this instrument is found useful by others, and about how it works in scholarly studies.
If this instrument is used in scholarly work, please use either of the following citations:
Burchard, M. (2019). IEP Quality Inventory. Retrieved at https://melindaburchard.com/
Burchard, M. (2019). IEP Quality Inventory BRIEF. Retrieved at https://melindaburchard.com/
Scholarship about the IEP Quality Inventory:
This instrument was initially reported publicly at the 2019 International Convention of the Council for Exceptional Children:
Burchard, M.S., Hegman, R., Kasper, L., and Rossi, O. (2019). Writing IEPs that guide intervention
practice. Every Child No Limits. 2019 CEC International Convention, Indianapolis, Indiana.
For information on scholarship about these instruments, please visit ORCID or Messiah University MOSAIC.
