Tool 7.1 - Action Planning Template
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Goal:
To determine if
current freshmen who would not have been promoted grade levels under the SSI
- Student Success Initiative (students who failed 8th grade Math
or Reading TAKS tests) were academically ready for their promotion despite
failing either the Math or Reading STAAR tests.
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Action Steps(s):
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Person(s)
Responsible:
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Timeline: Start/End
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Needed Resources
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Evaluation
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Pull &
Analyze 8th grade STAAR results of all current year Freshmen at
Shepton High School
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Chad
Hurst
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March
2013
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SAS
data program, Excel Spreadsheet of Collected Data
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Determine
which Students only achieved Level I rankings
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Create
list of students who will be the subject of the study
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Chad
Hurst
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March
2013
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Excel
Spreadsheet
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N/A
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Survey
the teachers of these students, searching for their opinions on students ability,
readiness, effort, and attitude
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Chad
Hurst
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May
2013
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Survey
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Spreadsheet
of answers/results for each answer set
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Collect
all grades earned throughout the full school year for each student on the
list
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Chad
Hurst
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June
2013
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PISD Pinnacle
Gradebook, Excel
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Create
sortable spreadsheet of data
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Analyze
all data to determine the success of these students through the year
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Chad
Hurst
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July –
August 2013
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All
Created Spreadsheets
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Look
at STAAR results as compared to teacher opinions and class success
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Pull
these students 2013 STAAR results
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Chad
Hurst
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August
– September 2013
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SAS
data program, Excel Spreadsheet of Collected Data
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Determine
which Students only achieved Level I rankings
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Compare
the students data and see how they fared from one year to the next on the
STAAR tests
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Chad
Hurst
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September
2013
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Excel
Spreadsheets
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Report
Findings
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Friday, March 15, 2013
Week 3 - Action Research Plan
As part of the week 3 assignment, we were to generate our action research plan.
My action research topic addresses the academic readiness of students who failed the 8th grade STAAR tests (Math or Reading) for advancement into the 9th grade.
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Looks good. You are gonna be busy! What an interesting subject for your project. Good luck!
ReplyDeleteGreat topic. Great organization also. Looks good to me. Will there be a presentation of your findings? Who will you present it to? Good luck.
ReplyDeleteThis is a big project and needed! I am a middle school teacher and I wonder how that works out for students who get passed along to high school. I am curious to know about your results.
ReplyDeleteThis research will have interesting results. Especially when looking at STAAR results vs. teacher opinions and classroom success. Your work is well organized. Good Job on the template.
ReplyDeleteFirst of all, thank you for posting on my site. Your subject is a touchy one. I know that in my district, we have those teachers that are absolute that if students do not pass criteria, like those you mentioned, should not be advanced. I am not sure about basing something that important on just a few scores. Not moving a student on to the next grade when they are ready in every other aspect can have damaging effects. I really like your topic.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the comment. You are very right that just basing advancement on one test is really scary as there are many kids who don't test well. One provision in the old SSI was that if these kids who failed were unanimously voted on by a committee of their teachers they could still advance even if they failed these tests. I'm interested to see what I find with this, are these kids ready or are we just ushering them along?
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