Individual education program tracking system

• US 6,270,351 B1
• Filed: 04/28/1998
• Issued: 08/07/2001
• Est. Priority Date: 05/16/1997
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Incorporated (Verizon Communications Inc.)
• Original Assignee: MCI Communications Corporation (Verizon Communications Inc.)
• Inventors: Roper, Tracy D.
• Primary Examiner(s): Martin-Wallace, Valencia
• Assistant Examiner(s): Harris, Chanda
• Application Number:
  US09/067,745
• Time in Patent Office: 1,197 Days
• Field of Search: 434/350, 434/362, 434/118, 434/323
• US Class Current: 434/118
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 7/02 of the type wherein the student is expected to construct an answer to the question which is presented or wherein the machine gives an answer to the question presented by a student

Abstract

An individual education program tracking system provides an automated means for creating and administering an entire individual education plan. Embodied in a computer software program and network, the individual education program tracking system enables teachers, school administrators, counselors and parents to enter a student profile, create an individual education plan for the student based on the student'"'"'s profile, track the student'"'"'s progress, and perform periodic evaluations and assessments. The individual education program tracking system also automates the completion and submission of various forms as required by a school district or state department of education. The individual education program tracking system integrates and automates procedures that meet a state'"'"'s or district'"'"'s legal requirements for administering an individual education plan, such as entry qualification evaluations and parental authorization.

Claims

1. A method for administrating individual education plans comprising:

generating student information records for students being considered for participation in an individual education plan;

creating individual education plan records for each student based upon predetermined qualification criteria, including

obtaining qualification data for each of the students,

determining which type of services are to be provided to each of the students as part of an individual education plan based upon the qualification data, and

storing the qualification data and an indication of the services to be provided to each of the students in a database; and

generating forms and reports for implementing individual education places for qualified students, the forms and reports complying with regulatory guidelines for implementing individual education plans, and wherein the forms and reports also include a permission form to be signed by a person giving permission for an evaluation of a student to occur.

2. The method for administering individual education plans according to claim 1 further comprising assessing student'"'"'s progress in individual education plans.

3. The method for administering individual education plans according to claim 1, wherein the step of creating individual education plan records further comprises setting goals for each student based on the qualification data and storing the goals in the database.

4. The method for administering individual education plans according to claim 1, wherein the step of creating individual education plan records further comprises setting objectives for each student based on the qualification data and storing the objectives in the database.

5. The method for administering individual education plans according to claim 1, wherein the step of generating forms and reports further comprises creating forms for reviewing students and determining the eligibility of students.

6. The method for administering individual education plans according to claim 2, wherein the step of generating student information records comprises:

generating a unique student identifier for each student being considered for participation in an individual education plan;

inputting information concerning each student being considered for participation in an individual education plan, including each student'"'"'s personal data and educational data; and

;

storing the information in a database.

7. The method for administering individual education plans according to claim 2, wherein the step of creating individual education plan records comprises creating an initial individual education plan record for new students.

8. The method for administering individual education plans according to claim 2, wherein the step of creating individual education plan records comprises creating an annual individual education plan record for monitoring students in an individual education plan.

9. The method for administering individual education plans according to claim 2, wherein the step of creating individual education plan records further comprises creating a triennial individual education plan record for evaluating a student'"'"'s progress in an individual education plan.

10. The method for administering individual education plans according to claim 2, wherein the step of assessing students progress in individual education plans comprises retesting a student to obtain new qualification data.

11. The method for administering individual education plans according to claim 2, wherein the step of assessing students'"'"' progress in individual education plans comprises verifying student information.