Action Research Template

Goal:  Increase 4^th grade Math assessment scores for the 2013-2014 school year.

	Action Step	Person Responsible	Timeline: Start/End	Needed Resources	Evaluation
1.	Research grouping strategies for small group instruction.  Examine which methods prove most effective when working with struggling learners.	Diana Wetzel	7/2013 through 5/2014	Professional case studies time	Documenting which case study influences the team’s decision of how to group our students.
2.	Research specific math teaching strategies that are useful with increasing rigor.	Diana Wetzel	7/2013 through 5/2014	Professional case studies Time Observations/interviews with successful teachers	Documenting which case study influences the team’s decision of how to increase rigor in our daily curriculum.
3.	Analyze student assessment data to determine what specific need areas the incoming students have and group them accordingly.	4th grade team	7/2013 through 5/2014	student assessment data time	Detailed lists of # of students with specific math weaknesses, categorized by assessment strand.
4.	Implement strategies for utilizing intervention time wisely during the school day.  Find a way to track the achievement of the intervention students.	4th grade team	7/2013 through 5/2014	a possible online tool to assess a particular concept professional case studies for improving math on elementary campuses	An explanation of the schedule/methods used to organize intervention time.
5.	Compare MAP score growth from the fall to the spring.  Show average growth.	Diana Wetzel	6/2014	District online data tool	Overall average point increase as well as analyzing specific growth of STAAR failures.
6.	Compare and analyze STAAR math scores to compare passing percentiles to last year’s scores.	Diana Wetzel	6/2014	STAAR reports	Documentation of increase of STAAR scores.
7.	Compare Boggess Elementary math scores to like campus overall passing scores.	Diana Wetzel	6/2014	STAAR reports	Documentation of basic overall passing percentages in math for our like campus group.

The outcomes of this project will be evident by our year end STAAR scores as well as the comparisons of the MAP (Measures of Academic Progress) scores from the fall to the spring.  The STAAR passing standards are increasing this year, so comparing the 2012 STAAR passing percentages with those of the 2014 scores may not show accurate data, but remarkable growth and improvement on MAP scores and higher than “like campus” scores throughout Plano ISD will show dramatic improvement.  Ultimately, we would hope to see passing standards in the 90^th percentile.