Action Research Plan

Background information on action research project: My district is a Title-1district. Many campuses in my district are struggling because of low reading scores. My district used to hire tutors to work with Tier-2 students but this year because of budget cuts, we couldn’t afford to hire any personnel. The district and my department are working to put together recommendations for emerging reading scores. This action research is going to impact student learning.

Design of the action research project (must include procedures, data collection and data analysis): The action research project will begin by selecting particular grade levels in my campus in my district. I will then narrow this project down to the primary grade levels, especially first, second, and third grade. I have selected these grade levels and students because 30% of this population is struggling with reading. They are 1 or 2 grade levels behind in both Reading and Math portions of the TPRI and Stanford-10 assessments. I will closely monitor the progress of these students in a timely manner.

Describes what is being learned from the action research project: Through this action research project, I hope to learn what different strategies can be used to improve the reading scores. My particular focus will be our non-readers. I also hope to gain some insight into different stepping stones teachers and students are dealing with inside the classrooms.