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The GO-IEP Quick Cards

Print them. Cut them. Keep them.

Four reference cards, one per task. Everything on this page is sourced from the official GaDOE help documentation and linked from the full guide.

How to make them last
  1. Print this page. The cards are already sized to sit two per sheet.
  2. Cut along the card edges.
  3. Laminate. A dry-erase marker works on the checkboxes, so cards 01 and 03 can be reused every cycle.
  4. Tape 01 and 02 next to your monitor. Keep 03 and 04 in the binder.
01OF 04
Finalize and audit
Why won't it finalize?
01
Verify the meeting date.Amendment notices copy the parent IEP date. Change it before anything else.
02
Close every open progress report from the prior IEP.Oldest first, in date order. GO-IEP never closes them for you.
03
Every goal needs notes: date, status, comments, data.Any team member can enter them. Reports will not finalize without them.
04
Run Audit/Finalize and read the blue text.It names the broken section. Decode it on card 02.
05
Initials only: evaluation completion date on Timeline.Then run the audit again.
06
Finalize is one way.Changes afterward require an amendment. The Draft watermark drops.
educe.education  ·  Card 01 Finalize  ·  Independent resource. Not affiliated with GaDOE. Verify with your district.
02OF 04
Audit decoder
Error named. Error fixed.
Present Levels / AccommodationsCheck the accommodations box for the area of need, then justify each accommodation in that text box on Present Levels.
Open progress reportsFinalize or inactivate each one, oldest first. Halfway rule on card 04.
Amendment without a meetingMark the parent as present. They agreed to the changes; the audit needs it recorded.
Initial eligibility warningEnter the evaluation completion date on the Timeline page, then re-run the audit.
ESY goal mismatchGoal flag, ESY decision, and an ESY service must all agree. Align all three or unmark the goal.
educe.education  ·  Card 02 Audit decoder  ·  Independent resource. Not affiliated with GaDOE. Verify with your district.
03OF 04
Annual review
Prep first. Click second.
Bring to the screen
Progress data for every goal, with numbers
Service minutes as actually delivered
Recent assessment results per area
Evidence each accommodation is used and needed
Draft goal ideas for the team to shape
Parent input, and the address checked on Profile
In GO-IEP, in order
  1. Start from the student's timeline; check the meeting date twice
  2. Develop sections; justify accommodations in Present Levels
  3. Close prior progress reports, oldest first
  4. Run Audit/Finalize; fix what the blue text names
  5. Finalize deliberately. It is one way
educe.education  ·  Card 03 Annual review  ·  Independent resource. Not affiliated with GaDOE. Verify with your district.
04OF 04
Progress reports
The halfway rule.

One question decides what happens to an open progress report: where does the meeting date fall in the reporting period?

Meeting date BEFORE halfwayINACTIVATE ALLOWEDOpen it from the Progress Reports dashboard. Inactivate is at the bottom of the page.
Meeting date AFTER halfwayMUST FINALIZEComplete notes on every goal, then finalize the report.
Reports close in date order, oldest first.
A new IEP or amendment never auto-closes old reports.
Wrong meeting date? Fix it before touching any report.
educe.education  ·  Card 04 Halfway rule  ·  Independent resource. Not affiliated with GaDOE. Verify with your district.

Hit an audit error that isn't on card 02? Send it through Hallway Hints and it may end up on the next revision.

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