The Present Level of Academic Achievement and Functional Performance (PLAAFP) includes which elements?

• A. Strengths and Parental Concerns, state test scores, recent curriculum assessments, progress on current IEP goals, and how deficits affect progress
• B. Long-term goals and objectives only
• C. Speech and language evaluation results only
• D. Transportation arrangements and budget approvals

Answer: (A)

The main idea here is that the Present Level of Academic Achievement and Functional Performance describes where a student is right now across academics and daily functioning, using current data and multiple sources. A strong PLAAFP statement pulls together the student’s strengths, parental concerns, state test scores, recent classroom and curriculum assessments, and progress toward current IEP goals, then explains how any deficits are affecting the student’s ability to learn and participate in school. This current snapshot is what guides the development of meaningful annual goals, supports, accommodations, and services. That’s why including strengths, parental concerns, standardized and recent assessment data, progress on goals, and the impact of deficits on progress is essential. By contrast, focusing only on long-term goals and objectives misses the present performance picture; limiting information to one domain (such as speech and language results) is too narrow; and administrative items like transportation or budgets aren’t part of the PLAAFP.