Converting Fractions to Decimals Probes

About this resource

One skill, start to finish. A converting fractions to decimals IEP goal, six equivalent probe forms that measure it, answer keys and a graph scaled to the probe. Baseline on Monday, goal written by Tuesday, first data point on Friday.

Every item is a fraction to write as a decimal, such as 3/4 as 0.75. Every bottom number is 2, 4, 5, 8, 10, 20, 25 or 100, so every answer ends: no repeating decimals. Each form has ten fractions built the same way: two with a bottom of 2, 4, 5 or 10, three with 8 or 20, three with 25 and two with 100. No fraction appears on two forms, and no two fractions on a form are worth the same, so the score means the same thing on Form A and on Form F.

WHAT IS INCLUDED - 20 pages, six probe forms of ten fractions each (60 different fractions), a two-page answer key, a teacher notes page, a binder cover and divider tabs, a family update page, and type-in fields on the teacher pages

A Binder Cover And Divider Tabs

• A binder cover with student, case manager and school year fields
• Six divider tabs, one per section of this file, print and cut

The Goal Page

• A sample goal with every bracket meant to be edited by the team
• The six-part goal frame as type-in fields: by (date), given, student will, criterion, on ___ of ___ consecutive probes, as measured by
• A baseline table: three probes and the median
• Three benchmark rows with target date, target score, actual score and met
• The giving-and-scoring directions, and lines for this student's own scoring rules

How To Change A Fraction To A Decimal (Page 6)

• A student anchor page: make the bottom 10 or 100, do the same to the top, say it and write it, with 2/5 worked, a tenths strip and two to try

Six Probe Forms, A Through F (Pages 7-12)

• Ten fractions per form, each with a box to write the decimal in
• A big My name line, one short instruction with a pencil picture, room to write beside every fraction
• No answers, goal text or scoring strip on a student sheet

A Two-Page Answer Key (Pages 13-14)

• Every fraction on all six forms with its decimal, so a paraprofessional can score without doing the math
• A mark box for each item and a Correct ___ / 10 box under each form

Teacher Notes (Page 15)

• Reading the errors: digits in the wrong place, numbers run together, and a missing multiplication fact

The Data Log And Graph (Page 16)

• A y-axis already scaled 0 to 10, twelve probe columns, and the instruction to draw the aim line from the baseline to the criterion first
• A twelve-row log with date, form, correct, errors, the score used on the graph and notes

The Caseload Summary (Page 17)

• Twelve student rows, baseline and criterion, eight probe columns, a trend column and a decision column

A Worked Example (Page 18)

• Marco, fifth grade, invented. Twelve weekly probes: the baseline as a median, three points under the aim line forcing a teaching change, the criterion met, and the progress-report sentence the log produces

A Family Update And Team Handoff Page (Page 19)

• A family update with blanks for this week's score, a team handoff checklist, and a meeting summary sentence with blanks for two numbers off the log

What This Is, And What It Is Not

It is a fillable PDF. The goal page, data log, caseload page, family update page and the mark boxes on the answer key are type-in fields: open the file in a PDF reader, click a line or a cell, type, and Save As once per student. The probe forms print clean: the student writes on paper.

It is not a norm-referenced assessment and it carries no benchmark score or "typical" rate. The criteria in the sample goal are in brackets because your team sets them from the baseline and the student's IEP. The six forms are untimed on purpose, so the condition stays the same all year. Your district's own rules for goals and scoring go on the blank lines provided. It is not a Google Slides, Docs or PowerPoint file.

Who This Is For

Fourth through seventh grade special education teachers and case managers writing decimal goals, intervention teachers, and the paraprofessionals who give the weekly probe.