Walk out of your next IEP meeting understanding the plan, without feeling like “that parent,” even if the school has said “making progress” for years.
The IEP Answer Key is a free one-hour class for Dane County parents: six questions, and what the answers really mean.
If IEP meetings feel like this, you're not imagining it.
Here's what parents tell us:
⊗“They're making progress”
But nothing is ever on paper, and the standardized scores stay below grade level while everyone stays polite.
⊗Nobody tells you what to ask
So the meeting runs on their agenda, and you drive home realizing you never saw a number and aren't sure what you agreed to.
⊗You don't want to be “that parent”
So the hard questions stay unasked, and another semester slides by on autopilot.
⊗Your gut says something is off
You've been waiting. Every year feels more urgent, not less. Your gut is worth listening to.
Six questions. Zero guesswork.
For each one, you'll learn exactly what to ask, what to listen for, and what the answers actually mean.
The One-Word Tell
One common answer sounds reassuring and predicts a wasted year. You'll catch it instantly.
The Right Hands
You'll know if your child is in them, with one question nobody takes offense at.
The Hidden Trade
You'll see what your child quietly gives up to get help, and whether it's worth it.
The Six-Word Request
Six words that reveal more than the whole meeting. You'll know exactly when to say them.
The Paper Test
You'll never take “making progress” on faith again. It shows up on paper, or you'll know why not.
The Escape Hatch
You'll leave with a number and a date that keep a failing plan from running all year.
More than a good feeling
✓The Answer Key card
The six questions and worry answers on one page, sized for the folder you bring to your next meeting.
✓The jargon, translated
SDI, service minutes, accommodations, benchmarks: you'll finally know what the words in your child's plan mean.
✓Q&A with an insider
Kim has sat on both sides of the IEP table. After the class, ask her anything you've never gotten a straight answer to.
Kim Feller
Kim taught reading in public schools for fourteen years, first as a classroom teacher and then as a reading interventionist, before founding Feller School, Madison's school for dyslexia. She has sat on both sides of the IEP table, and she wrote the book on how dyslexic kids actually learn to read.
One evening, at the school
The kids get their own room with games and a supervisor for the hour, so you can be in the class without finding a sitter.
5405 Flad Ave, Madison
5:30 to 6:30 PM
per night
We cap registrations so every parent gets the chance to ask questions.