Goalbookapp.com is a great website filled with resources and tools aligned to Common Core and Universal Design for Learning

This is a great resource because there is so much to it, from goals to accommodations. I like how I can find individual items related to a specific need that I am trying to address in my classroom. This will serve my students better because instead of looking through a ton of different sources, I can first go to this site and either get an answer quickly or start me on the path to find my answer quickly. Only thing I wish is that it was cheaper for me because I will have to pay for this personally.

Goalbook is a great tool to use if you would like an easy way to set up IEP goals for special education or goals within your classroom for your students. I like how you can share a link with parents so they can see how their child is doing and what they are working on. One disappointment with the site is lack of student interaction. I really try to push student ownership of their goals and I feel that it would be more meaningful to the student if they had an interface that they could use to track and monitor their own progress. This site would dynamic if it had a student interface! Overall if you are looking for a place that you can track student progress on a goal and get specific strategies to improve student learning this is a site for you. However, if you are looking to have it be a student driven goal setting site you will be disappointed. Also, it cost $32.95 a month to have a membership, which is a pretty big chunk of change for something that isn't student driven.

When it comes to standards-based goal setting for students with special needs, Goalbook is second to none. It is easy to navigate, intuitive, and makes the entire process of planning and managing an individualized education program easier. The only potential downside I could see to using Goalbook as your go-to IEP tool is if your school already has an IEP process within your student information management system. If you are already writing and tracking your data elsewhere, using Goalbook might feel like doing the same thing twice. Otherwise, integrating this tool into your teaching will help you tremendously.