Math Goals for IEPs

Updated: December 26, 2025. Reviewer: Dr. Rose Sebastian, Ed.D.

Browse free CCS-aligned, math goals & objectives for word problems, number sense, computation, geometry, life skills mathematics, and graphing

Mathematics covers everything from counting and shapes to algebra and geometry– and we have goals for each skill along the way. Every goal is Common Core aligned, with ideas for how you can modify it to be more accessible for students or more challenging– and how to do assessments to monitor students’ progress along the way to their goals. Look across the grade bands too to see where in that skill your student is expected to go over the years– and to help you figure out if your goal is the right one for your student right now.

Number Sense Goals

Number sense begins with rote counting (where you count numbers in a list) and counting objects (building 1:1 correspondence). It builds from there to place value and rounding– and from there to exponents and rational numbers. These goals help students make sense of numbers from counting on up.

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Addition & Subtraction Goals

Addition and subtraction starts with the underlying concepts, done with blocks and pictures, and builds through facts to algorithms and all the way up to polynomials. These goals start in elementary school and then move their way up through high school, with modification ideas.

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Multiplication & Division Goals

Multiplication and division goals can be focused on rote facts or they can be focused on using tools to solve problems, understanding what the operations mean, or converting between forms of numbers– and these goals go from upper elementary all the way through high school.

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Word Problem Goals

Word problems involve decoding, reading comprehension, problem solving, and computation– which makes them incredibly tricky for many students. These goals are focused on helping students build this essential mathematics skill– while providing the scaffolding that students need for success

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Geometry & Fraction Goals

Fractions and geometry can be some of the most useful things students learn in school– but are too often rote roadblocks on the way to student success. These goals help you focus on the essential parts of what students need to learn about fractions and geometry.

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Life Skills Math Goals

These goals on time, money, measurement, and probability help build the basic skills students need for life success. They are the strongest at the elementary level as the Common Core has the best standards there– but go all the way through high school.

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Graphing & Data Goals

These goals help students build skills for interpreting the graphs and numbers they see in the news and building their understanding of coordinate planes for algebra and geometry classes.

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Algebra Goals

These middle and high school goals help students prepare to pass one of the most essential high school classes- algebra. In many states, this is a must pass class for graduation, making these some of the most important goals on the site.

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