ACHIEVE

ACHIEVE Family Contact Validation (116.66 KB) .pdf - 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).

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.

• ACHIEVE LEA User Manager Training PowerPoint (814.36 KB) .pptx
• ACHIEVE LEA User Manager User Guide (541.61 KB) .pdf

Available in May 2025, Agreement to Excuse Attendance at IEP Meeting Changes (444.19 KB) .pdf - summarizes the changes and frequently asked questions to improve the process for requesting agreements to excuse attendance at IEP meetings.

FBA/BIP Changes in ACHIEVE

• Updates to FBA and BIP Processes in ACHIEVE (2.63 MB) .pdf
• ACHIEVE FBA and BIP Updates: Impact to Current FBAs and BIPs (141.95 KB) .pdf
• FBA/BIP Changes in ACHIEVE (115.52 KB) .pdf - Highlights improvements made to improve assess and promote collaboration between evaluation and IEP teams.
• Changes to FBAs and BIP in ACHIEVE Video Recording  
  • Changes to FBAs and BIPs in ACHIEVE PowerPoint (6.13 MB) .pptx

BIP Components

Generalization and Fading Plans

• Generalization and Fading Plans PowerPoint (1.23 MB) .pptx
• Facilitator’s Guide - Generalization Plans and Fading Plans (110.24 KB) .pdf
• Generalization and Fading Plans Case Study #1 (111.94 KB) .pdf

Lagging Skills

• Lagging Skills PowerPoint (230.98 KB) .pptx
• Facilitator's Guide - Lagging Skills (105.72 KB) .pdf
• Lagging Skills Case Study #1 (81.73 KB) .pdf

Safety Plans and Reintegration Plans

• Safety Plans and Reintegration Plans PowerPoint (344.52 KB) .pptx

What Educators Need to Know: ACHIEVE IEP Enhancements (132.11 KB) .pdf

ACHIEVE IEP Enhancements PowerPoint (3.47 MB) .pptx

ACHIEVE IEP Enhancements Guide (1.35 MB) .pdf

January2026: Progress Monitoring Enhancements in ACHIEVE (230.9 KB) .pdf

ACHIEVE Progress Monitoring Enhancements: Questions and Answers (139.27 KB) .pdf

ACHIEVE Progress Monitoring Enhancement Guide (850.16 KB) .pdf

ACHIEVE Progress Monitoring Enhancements Video Recording - Recorded 12-1-25. Provides an overview of updates to the Progress Monitoring features in ACHIEVE. Demonstrates how providers enter data points, apply Goal Mastery components, use the Multiple Data Entry modal, and document progress when no current value is collected. Shows where on-screen changes appear and how they affect the printed IEP, supporting consistent and defensible progress monitoring statewide.

• ACHIEVE Progress Monitoring Enhancements PowerPoint (2.23 MB) .pptx

The Policy and Practice Webinar Series highlight important and emerging special education policies and how to apply them within Iowa schools. Participants will also have opportunities to ask questions with team members from the Department's Division of Special Education.

See future dates and topics and recordings of past webinars and materials.

July 2026 Reevaluation Changes in ACHIEVE Video Recording - Recorded 6-29-26. Several significant ACHIEVE system changes to the reevaluation process have been released in ACHIEVE on July 1, 2026. Key changes include: 

• the option for parents and reevaluation teams to complete an agreement to document when a reevaluation is not necessary, 
• continued eligibility decision changed to align to Initial EER, 
• structural changes to the Consent and/or Notice of Reevaluation for Special Education to clearly identify domains for evaluation and domains in which additional assessment is recommended, and 
• structural changes to the Reevaluation Data stepper (formerly known as Reevaluation Details) to improve data quality and statewide consistency. 

Recording provides an overview of these changes to support reevaluation teams through the transition in ACHIEVE functionality.

• July 2026 Reevaluation Changes in ACHIEVE PowerPoint (3.77 MB) .pptx

Reevaluation Office Hours

Jessica Hernandez, Education Program Consultant for Child Find, will host office hours to help the field navigate the changes and answer questions about the process in ACHIEVE.

Zoom Link for all Reevaluation Office Hours: https://idoe.zoom.us/j/5530462823

Dates and Times:

• Thursday, July 2, 8:30-9:30 a.m.
• Thursday, July 2, 11 a.m. - 12 p.m.
• Wednesday, Aug. 5, 8:30-9:30 a.m.
• Wednesday, Aug. 5, 3-4 p.m.
• Wednesday, Aug. 19, 8:30-9:30 a.m.
• Wednesday, Aug. 19, 3-4 p.m.
• Friday, Aug. 11, 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

Available in April 2025, Changes to Transfer of Rights Process in ACHIEVE User Guide - implements changes for age-of-majority learners ensuring educational decision-making rights are transferred/shared as needed. The changes help to automate appropriate access to the ACHIEVE Family Portal for Learners and IDEA Parent contacts.

• Training Video: Changes to Transfer of Rights Process in ACHIEVE Recording