Illuminating IEP Present Levels: A Topic Modeling Approach

Annenberg’s Education Policy Workshop Series is an hour-long “works in progress” seminar centered on empirical research related to education and education policy. Seminars are typical academic presentations intended for a broad academic audience. Speakers come from a variety of disciplinary traditions and we seek to be inclusive to a broad, multi-disciplinary audience.

We invite faculty, postdocs, graduate students, and research staff from across the university who are interested in empirical research in education to participate.

The talk presented a topic-modeling approach to analyzing the “present levels” sections of Individualized Education Programs (IEPs). Josh Almes presented “Illuminating IEP Present Levels: A Topic Modeling Approach” at the Annenberg Institute at Brown University on February 19, 2026.