Research & Impact
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Empowering Special Educators: Insights from a North Dakota Goalbook Impact Study
The current landscape of special education is defined by a paradox: while our...
How Strategic Alignment Between Leaders and Educators Transforms Special Education
In the complex landscape of special education, a persistent tension often...
The “Golden Thread” of Special Education: Why IEP Coherence is the Key to Student Growth
For special education leaders, the Individualized Education Program (IEP) is...
Leadership & Practice
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Texas Special Education Leadership Summit 2025
On December 3, 2025, Goalbook hosted an in-person professional development...
Goalbook Supports IDEA by Empowering Educators
The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) is a landmark federal...
Reflections from CASE 2025 and IDEA’s 50th Anniversary
During the first week of November 2025, hundreds of special education leaders...
Community Voices
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From the Classroom to CEC: Concetta Lewis on Empathy and Inclusion
It’s a truth universally acknowledged that an educator, at some point in...
Luisa Sparrow, Massachusetts 2025 Teacher of the Year’s Vision for Inclusive Literacy
There was a time in her teaching career, six years in, when Luisa Sparrow...
Dr. Rosalind Hall: Four Decades of Inclusion and Four Lessons Learned Along the Way
There is the saying that if you love what you do and do what you love,...
Company
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Meet Kenda Daniels, Customer Support Manager
Traveling on the I-75 South outside of Atlanta,Georgia, Kenda had an epiphany:...
Meet Natalie Cabral, Customer Success Manager at Goalbook
Natalie began her work in special education as a paraprofessional. After the...
The Goalbook Team Members We Met in 2025
As we near the end of the year, we reflect on the past year and some of the...
Innovation
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See IEP Quality While Plans Are Still Being Written
The Goalbook Analytics Dashboard shows present levels and goal quality by...
Behavior Support Plans in Goalbook Threads: High-Fidelity BSPs for More Effective Instruction & Student Growth
For special education administrators, Behavior Support Plans (BSPs) are easy...
Library Collaboration Update: Expanding Functionality
We built Library Collaboration: Add Contributors on the core belief that great...
EdTech Career Insights
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How to Use AI to Navigate Your Career Transition into EdTech
For educators looking to pivot into the world of EdTech, the transition can...
A Three-Step Plan to Help You Make the Move to EdTech
Are you an educator or former educator considering a transition to EdTech? You...
Best Practices to Help You Feel More Comfortable in a Remote Interview
Have you ever had an interview when you wished you would have said something...
Recently Published
Craft Specific Actionable Present Levels Statements for Writing
07.15.19 Update We’ve recently added writing assessments 03.25.19...
Safely Challenging Students with Adapted Physical Education Content Pages
Adapted Physical Education (APE) is critically important to the physical,...
Functional Life Skills: Prioritize Student Independence With Present Levels Wizard
As we continue to add new sections to the Present Levels Wizard, we remain...
Phase One of the Updated TEKS ELA Reading Standards
In 2017 The Texas State Board of Education (SBOE) gave final approval for...
NEW Reading Anchor Pages for Grades 3–8
Standard Aligned Long-Term Planning Around Foundational Comprehension Goals...
Progress Monitoring Strategy Page
The release of the Progress Monitoring Strategy Page is a shift toward...