SMARTER Steps IEP Goal Development: The SMARTER method for IEP goal development was developed by Kelly Ott and Lara Wakefield and published in 2016. The SMART acronym was first coined by George Doran, Arthur Miller, and James Cunningham in 1981. The November 1981 issue of Management Review included an article titled, "There's a S.M.A.R.T. way […]