Draft Action Research Project Progress Report

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 could
not 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.
Based on formal and informal assessments, students have been divided into 3
Tiers. With the implementation of the Tier-3 reading model, my focuses are
students who are not performing on their grade level or students who are 1 or 2
grade levels behind. They get small group interventions outside their
class-rooms. My action research project began by selecting
particular grade levels in my campus in my district. I narrowed this project
down to the primary grade levels, especially first, second, and third grade. I
selected these grade levels and students because 40% of our total primary
population is struggling with reading and a slightly in mathematics. They are 1
or 2 grade levels behind in both Reading as well as Math. We assessed this
through TPRI, 6 weeks CBA (Content Based Assessment), and Stanford-10, assessments. I started monitoring them closely through progress monitoring every two weeks. Through this action research project, I have implemented different strategies to improve the reading scores.
My particular focus is our non-readers. I am also trying to gain some insight
into different stepping stones that teachers and students are dealing with
inside the classrooms. Through the media of Family Night, PTA, and Parent
Teacher Conferences, I communicated with the parents and community and
explained to them about the importance of support that students need from home.
I distributed some flyers and handouts to teach parents on how to help their
kids at home. I meet with my teachers through grade level meetings and discuss
the progress of each child. I am delighted to see out of 38 students which I am
serving right now, 16 have shown tremendous improvements. 14 have shown little
progress, but I am still struggling with the rest of the 8 students. I am
continuously communicating with their parents/guardians of those 8. I found
that these 8 students are going through psychological and emotional phase, so I
am working with my site supervisor and counselor to help these students to the
best. Teachers are happy as these students progress in their reading skills.

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