1. Background
Information: I
will be sharing background information with my administration as well as the
DAEP elementary team on my campus. I
will share with them that I will be examining prior state assessments and data
from the previous year as well as data within the current school year of all
long-term elementary students.
2. Design of the
Action Research:
I will also share with my team that I will be putting the data collected on
each student (previous state assessments and data and also data from current
school year like assessments, tests, benchmarks and milestones. I will also be
including post-tests and pre-tests, the
student’s home school, the students teacher, and the reason the student was
sent to the Learning Center) onto a data log spread sheet such as Excel. At the
end of the school year, after all of the data has been collected and recorded,
I will analyze the data and determine whether or not the DAEP is academically
effective for the elementary students in Mesquite ISD.
3. What is Being Learned
From the Action Research Project: The data will clearly show whether or not the DAEP is
effective for elementary students at our school. If the data shows that the
program is effective for our elementary students then I will be delighted to
share the news and data with my fellow DAEP elementary team, but if it shows
that the program is ineffective then I will have to talk with my principal to
get advice on selecting the most powerful pieces of data to share that
represent the statements of my learning.
4. Concluding Thoughts and
Recommendations: If the DAEP is found to be effective for our
elementary students they the conclusion will provide answers for us. However,
if the data shows that our program is ineffective for these students then the
conclusion will generate a whole new set of questions and further areas for
inquiry. In this case the elementary team and administrators would need to
begin to formulate possible solutions to address the problem, determine the
pros and cons of the plausible solutions, and identify the pit-falls before
implementing a solution.
Good topic! Kids in the program have enough strikes against them without getting behind academically too. Have you thought about limiting your sample size or subject? How many students would be involved?
ReplyDeleteThe sample size will depend on how many elementary students are given a long-term placement at the Learning Center this next school year. I will collect data on all elementary students who are given a long-term placement k-6th.
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