Prepare for an IEP meeting
A checklist for what to bring, what to ask, and what to write down.
IEP meeting checklistMatteson, Cook County, Illinois
Special Education Ratings in ESD 159
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What an IEP has to include
The parts IDEA requires in the written plan.
What must be in an IEPAsk for an evaluation
How a parent requests a special education evaluation in writing.
Requesting an evaluationAbout ESD 159
This district
ESD 159 is one local education agency in Matteson, Cook County, Illinois. Agency type: Public school district. The National Center for Education Statistics lists it as district 1736300. 203 students with IEPs in 2024-25. A suppressed count is left off, not shown as zero. Confirm a child's district by street address.
Other districts in Cook County
Each of these is its own local education agency. A charter and a county school district in the same place are rated separately.
- Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 · Chicago
- Schaumburg Ccsd 54 · Schaumburg
- Palatine Ccsd 15 · Palatine
- Barrington CUSD 220 · Barrington
- Cicero Sd 99 · Cicero
- Township HSD 214 · Arlington Heights
- Township HSD 211 · Palatine
- Evanston Ccsd 65 · Evanston
Rating guidelines
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- Describe what happened and what helped.
- Leave out a child's identity and staff names.
- No harassment, threats, profanity, or claims you cannot support.
- A difficult experience can stay up when it follows the same rules.
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How to read the ratings
Ratings describe the experiences of people who chose to write. They are not a survey of every family in the district, and they are not a finding about IDEA compliance.