For teachers
Notebook
Collect meaningful data, build measurable goals, and create student-centered IEPs.
Built for the teacher with nine IEPs due Friday.
- Jordan A.On Track
- Sam K.Behind
- Riley T.Building baseline
The special education platform
The Future of Individualized Education Starts Here
Easy. Efficient. Consistent.
Blume gives special education teams one connected application to manage student progress, write stronger IEPs, build educator expertise, and make confident, data-informed decisions.
Trusted by 75+ districts
- Abby Kelley Foster Charter School
- Agawam Public Schools
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One Platform. Every Classroom.
Capture meaningful data wherever learning happens, keeping educators connected to student progress from the first observation onward.
Given grade-level text, decode multisyllabic words
Opportunities−10+
Successes−8+
Session length12 min
Accuracy 80%Rate 0.67/min · derivedSave
The Blume Method
45 years of practice, built in.
Every educator deserves a proven playbook. The Blume Method turns 45+ years of special education practice into one shared standard, so every classroom works to the same high bar, without the clicks, complexity, or compliance anxiety.
The platform
One Connected Workspace.
Bringing together the people, processes, and tools that power individualized education.
For teams
Academy
Build educator expertise through practical, evidence-based professional learning.
Built for teams committed to continuous improvement.
- Running an Effective IEP MeetingCertificate earned
- MTSS: A Systems ViewIn progress
- Every Student Has a VoiceNew this month
- Writing Measurable IEP GoalsIn progress
For leaders
District-wide oversight, without the overhead.
Gain visibility across schools, staff, and student progress.
Built for the leader who needs answers, not more spreadsheets.
- Consistency across classrooms
- Visibility across districts
- Confidence in compliance
The Blume Method
Watch every student Blume.
Blume turns everyday classroom data into a story of growth: from the first observation to a goal met, every student's progress is measured, visible, and worth celebrating.
- ObserveMeet the student where they are
- BaselineSet a goal on real data
- ProgressTrack growth, session by session
- BlumeA goal met, and defensible
In the classroom
Built with educators, for the students they show up for.
Blume was shaped by special educators who know the Friday-afternoon reality of the job. Every screen exists to give teachers more time with their students, and every student a plan that actually fits them.
How it works
From observation to action.
Notebook brings student data, goals, and progress monitoring together so educators can see where a student started, where they're going, and how they're progressing.
Identify area of need
Start every goal on solid ground. Choose from a library of skills and lock in exactly what you'll measure, so the goal stays clear and consistent all year.
Search all skills...
Major skill area- Articulation
- Behavior
- Reading✓ Selected
- Math
Subset skill areaDecoding ▾
Build the baseline
Know where each student truly starts. Jot a few quick observations and Blume tells you when there's enough to set a fair, realistic target.
- Jordan A.'s Reading GoalNeeds data
- Sam K.'s Behavior GoalReady to finalize
- Riley T.'s Social GoalNeeds data
- Alex M.'s Writing GoalNeeds data
Finalize targets
Set targets you can stand behind. Blume suggests realistic targets from real baseline data, so the plan is ambitious and achievable, not guesswork.
Targets
Occurrence+30%-82%+
Support levelIndependently
Data collection schedule
Frequency-Bi-weekly+
Goal period
ResponsibleEducator
Monitor progress
Always know how a student is doing. Every observation shows at a glance whether they're on track, so you can step in early when it matters.
Observed Expected trajectory80% of the way to target
Measurement
Measure progress your way.
Notebook supports ten different measurement methods, so educators can collect meaningful data using the approach that best fits each student's goals.
- Accuracysuccesses over opportunities
- Frequencyoccurrences per session
- Rateoccurrences per minute
- Fluencycorrect responses per minute
- Engagementattempted over presented
- Time on taskshare of the session engaged
- Occurrencedid the behavior occur
- Latencytime until the response began
- Durationhow long the behavior lasted
- Magnitudeintensity on a defined scale
Create
Your data, in sentences.
Give hours back to your team. Blume turns the data you already collected into clear, ready-to-share progress narratives, no late nights rewriting.
One observation
- Condition
- Given grade-level text
- Opportunities
- 10
- Successes
- 8
- Session
- 12 minutes
The narrative writes itself
“Given grade-level text, the student decoded multisyllabic words in 8 of 10 opportunities (80%).”
Derived free Accuracy 80% · Rate 0.67/min, every type those inputs can power, computed at save.
Trusted by the teams doing the work.
The Blume App provides a streamlined, user-friendly platform that has been a helpful tool as we shift to the new IEP format. The app enables efficient data collection, progress tracking, and documentation. Its real-time tracking features help educators stay compliant while reducing paperwork, allowing them to concentrate more on student needs. By centralizing information, the app also encourages collaboration among team members and promotes consistency in implementing individualized support, with a focus on building students' strengths to develop their skills.
Questions, answered.
Do I need to install an application on my computer?
No, the Blume Method app is 100% web-based. There is nothing to install on your computer to use it.
What devices are compatible with the Blume Method app?
Any device with a web browser. If it runs Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, Firefox or Safari, you are ready to go.
Do you store the student information that I enter into the app?
Yes, and we document exactly how in our Data Privacy & Compliance documentation, written for district IT and procurement teams. See also our privacy policy and terms of use.
Does my IT department need to integrate Blume with our existing software?
No. The Blume Method app is designed to work as a completely stand-alone application.
Can I export information out of the system?
Yes. You can export your generated narrative summary documents to PDF or Microsoft Word and save them to your own computer.
See Blume with your team.
A walkthrough of Notebook and Academy, with your own goals and caseloads in mind.