What to check
Read the plan for these specific details
Which report recommendations are school-related and tied to if recommendations are written as coordinated transition services with owners, dates, and measurable outcomes.
Confirm the IEP sections that should respond are updated: transition assessments, postsecondary goals, transition services, course of study, agency links, annual goals, and progress monitoring.
Look for records showing the team connected the key school-related recommendation with school data, the written IEP record, or a documented refusal when a specific change was requested.
Sample outside-report finding
Private Transition Assessment recommendations need an IEP crosswalk
What the record shows
The private transition assessment recommends community-based work experience, but the IEP has no service, agency contact, or timeline.
What to ask for
Ask the IEP team to identify which one or two school-related recommendations it considered, what school data it is relying on, and if any requested change was accepted, trialed, refused, or needs more data.
A written request you can use
Send one specific question
“Please compare the transition assessment recommendations with postsecondary goals, transition services, responsible staff, and dates.”
Document based IEP review
Check the pages you already have
The review reads the pages you upload, points to the wording behind each concern, and helps you prepare questions. It does not send anything to your school or decide a legal claim.
Common questions
Does the school have to follow a private transition assessment?
If a parent shares a private evaluation, ask the team to document how the results were considered when making IEP decisions. That does not mean the team will adopt every recommendation. Ask what school data and reasoning supports any recommendation the team is not adopting.
What should I compare first?
Start with postsecondary education, employment, independent living, vocational interests, community access, agency needs, and transition recommendations, then compare those findings with transition assessments, postsecondary goals, transition services, course of study, agency links, annual goals, and progress monitoring.
What transition detail matters most?
Check if the assessment connects to measurable postsecondary goals, transition services, course of study, agency links, responsible staff, dates, and progress evidence.