ACHIEVE

ACHIEVE Iowa IDEA

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Special Education Programs & Services

ACHIEVE is Iowa’s online system to support implementation of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). ACHIEVE is being used statewide by teams of educators, service providers and families to develop Individualized Family Service Plans (IFSPs) and Individualized Education Programs (IEPs). ACHIEVE supports individualized planning by:

  • Focusing attention on the child or learner
  • Simplifying processes and streamlining the use of data
  • Providing tools to improve decision making and individualization
  • Facilitating team member communication and collaboration
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Benefits

ACHIEVE is designed to help teams collaboratively develop the IEP through:

  • Dynamic and intuitive entry fields
  • Embedded tools and resources to support teams in the IEP process
  • Individualized IEP outputs
  • Real-time progress monitoring data
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Components & Tools

ACHIEVE Components and Tools
  • Early ACCESS & Special Education
  • Family Portal (coming February 2025)
  • General Supervision Tools
  • Deaf and Hard of Hearing Database
  • IVRS 
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Training & Resources

ACHIEVE LEA User Manager Training - Recorded 8-8-24. District staff members assigned with the ACHIEVE LEA User Manager role have the ability to assign permissions to staff within their own district/building who require access to ACHIEVE General Supervision tools. (Assigning access to IEP roles in ACHIEVE will continue to be done with support from AEA staff.) This training webinar provides details about the new user role and the process LEA User Managers may use to assign General Supervision role permission in ACHIEVE for district/building staff.

2024 Special Education Enrollment Count

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Technical Requirements

 Although ACHIEVE operates within a browser, we recommend a minimum of 4GB of RAM. The optimal screen size for viewing ACHIEVE is 1280px, though ACHIEVE will adjust the formatting to accommodate smaller screen sizes. ACHIEVE is compatible with the three most recent versions of Safari, Google Chrome, Firefox and Microsoft Edge.

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New in ACHIEVE

  • Deaf and Hard of Hearing Database (8-19-24) - A state-wide database that contains learners who are deaf or hard of hearing and all learners aged birth to 21 years who have been screened or tested by an audiometrist and/or audiologist. The database also captures language assessment data for learners who are deaf or hard of hearing between the ages of 0-8 years. The tool is available in ACHIEVE and accessible to most ACHIEVE users. 
  • Child Count Dashboard (8-8-24) - Roles and granular permissions created to support the Special Education Child Count process. Users with assigned roles/permissions have access to the Count Dashboard under My Tools in ACHIEVE. (See the 2024 Special Education Enrollment Count information guide in the ACHIEVE Training & Resources section.)
  • ACHIEVE Family Contact Validation (8-8-24) - A process deployed to improve data quality and enhance the security of protected learner information, this enhancement includes new relationship types, allowing Early ACCESS and Special Education providers to more clearly identify IDEA Parent(s).
  • ACHIEVE LEA User Manager (8-8-24) - A user role created for appointed LEA (district) staff to manage roles and permissions for district staff requiring access to General Supervision tools in ACHIEVE. (See the LEA User Manager Training recording, PowerPoint and user guide in the ACHIEVE Training & Resources section.)
     
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