Action Research Plan of Action - DRAFT

Below is the Draft Plan of Action that will address the question: What is the impact of a web-based math tutorial program on the passing rate for Math Lab students taking the Mathematics portion of the Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills (TAKS)? 

Action Research – Plan of Action Draft

Outcomes	Activities		Resources Research Tools Needed	Responsibility to Address Activities		Time Line	Benchmarks Assessment	Revisions to SIP/PIP based on monitoring and assessments
To determine the TAKS passing rates of current 8th grade Math Lab students, TAKS data will be collected from Math Facilitator.	TAKS data for 2009 and 2010 TAKS Math test is collected. Data will be organized based on subgroups and gender for each of the students enrolled in Math Lab classes for the 2009-10 school year.		I will need to gather 2009 and 2010 TAKS Math scores for students who were enrolled in a Math Lab class during the 2009-10 school year.	I will be responsible for gathering and organizing TAKS scores.		It is anticipate it will take several hours working with the Math Facilitator and principal to collect the required data.	I will organize the data by subgroups and gender. Data tables will be created so that TAKS data may be analyzed in a comprehensive way.	Data to be analyzed should include student's scores on unit assessments.
Continue with data collection on targeted students. Data needed to complete analysis will have to be obtained from tutorial company.	Meet with online educator director to explain the purpose of my action research. Gather data usage data to include in analysis of targeted students.		Data from the web-based tutorial company would include their usage reports which indicate the time students spent on the tutorial program as well as the number of problems completed.	I will be responsible for making the appointment with the Director of Online Education as well as contacting the company and request the data.		It is speculated that it will take a minimum of one week to gather the data. This will be determined by the availability of the data and the process of sending the data file.	Once the data has been collected, it will be entered into the database and disseminated based on subgroups and gender.	Revisions to data base may be necessary based on data provided by company.
Share information with principal, Math facilitator, Math Lab teachers.	Once data has been collected and analyzed, create presentation to share with administration, Math facilitator, and Math Lab teachers.		Resources needed will be presentation software such as PowerPoint.	It will be my responsibility to create the presentation and present it to faculty and staff.		Once data has been gathered and analyzed, the creation of the presentation should be complete by the middle of September, early October.	Successful completion of presentation and sharing of information with targeted faculty and staff.	The targeted audience may need to be adjusted to include ESL Instructional Support Teachers if there are a large percentage of English Language Learners.