| name | present-levels |
| description | Draft a Present Levels of Academic Achievement and Functional Performance (PLAAFP) statement from placeholder data points. Use this atom when special-education-support needs a PLAAFP draft before writing IEP goals. Do NOT use with real student data — placeholders only. |
present-levels
Generates a PLAAFP statement that describes a student's current performance across academic and functional domains, using placeholder data. Follows the strengths-needs-impact format required by IDEA.
Read first — boundaries (security/SECURITY_AND_SAFETY.md §1-2). A PLAAFP draft is
decision support for the IEP team, never a final present-levels statement and never an
eligibility determination. It must be validated against the student's actual evaluation data,
IEP, and local and state policy — IDEA requires the team, not a draft, to establish present
levels. Where a request needs a specific student's data, escalate rather than infer
(protocol-layer/assumptions-protocol.md). Never request, infer, or include real student data —
placeholders only.
Input
{
"student_name": "[Student Name]",
"grade": "3",
"disability_category": "SLD-Reading",
"placeholder_data": {
"reading_level": "mid-1st grade",
"strengths": "strong oral comprehension, enjoys being read to",
"needs": "decoding multisyllabic words, reading fluency"
}
}
Output
{
"tool": "present-levels",
"plaafp": "[Student Name] is a 3rd-grade student identified with a Specific Learning Disability in Reading. [He/She/They] demonstrates strong oral comprehension and enthusiastically engages when text is read aloud. Currently reading at a mid-1st grade level, [Student Name] struggles with decoding multisyllabic words and reading fluency, which impacts access to grade-level content across all subjects...",
"format": "strengths-needs-impact",
"human_review_required": true
}
Do NOT use this atom for
- Using real student data (placeholders only)
- Writing IEP goals (use atom-iep-goal after this atom)
- Diagnostic assessment or evaluation
Pipeline note
Follows references/method.md at the Generation step (PLAAFP drafting). Output conforms to protocol-layer/metadata-schema.md. human_review_required: true — PLAAFP must be completed with actual assessment data by the IEP team.
