Sunday, June 24, 2012

Action Research Plan


SCHOOL VISION:  All students can and will learn!

 

GOAL:  The goal of this research is to evaluate the effectiveness of Texas Primary Reading Inventory (TPRI) as a means of monitoring 3rd grade reading comprehension.


OUTCOMES
ACTIVITIES
RESOURCES/ RESEARCH TOOLS NEEDED
RESPONSIBILITY TO ADDRESS ACTIVITIES
TIME LINE
Benchmarks/
ASSESSMENT
Revisions to SIP/PIP based on monitoring and assessments
What effect will TPRI monitoring have on indicating  3rd grade reading comprehension levels?
Share Action Research plan with 3rd grade level team.
Action research plan

STAAR Raw Data
Israel Taylor, Grade level Chair


August, 2012



TPRI administration
TPRI testing kits
3rd grade team members
September, 2012

January, 2013

March, 2013
TPRI  Assessment
Data will be added to the grade level student tracking spreadsheet
Is there evidence of a correlation  between TPRI levels and CBA results?
Curriculum Based Assessment (CBA) Reading administration
Reading CBAs
3rd grade team members
5 administered at the end of 6 weeks instructional period.
Reading CBAs
Data will be added to the grade level student tracking spreadsheet

STAAR Reading Test
STAAR reading assessment data
3rd grade team members
May, 2013
STAAR Reading data
Data will be added to the grade level student tracking spreadsheet
Did TPRI provide an indication of student performance on the STAAR reading comprehension?
Disaggregate Data  from student tracking spreadsheets
Student tracking spreadsheets
Israel Taylor, Grade level chairman

Kathryn French, Instructional Coach
May, 2013
5 CBAs will be administered at the end of the 6 weeks instructional period.
Data will be analyzed and a report will be developed of the finds.


3 comments:

  1. Hey there,
    I like your plan. I teach math so I have a few questions: Isn't the TPRI done in K-2? Are you comparing how the kids performed on the TPRI versus the STAAR? If so, that sounds like a very valid research project. I will follow your progress!

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    1. Helen that is what I intend to do. I hope it all works out. Thank you for your comment and encouragement.

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  2. Israel,

    Great job with a thorough and interesting action research plan. I appreciate your attention to detail, and the topic of evaluating the effectiveness of Texas Primary Reading Inventory (TPRI) as a means of monitoring 3rd grade reading comprehension is relevant and valuable. Keep up the excellent work!

    Dr. Abshire

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