Reaching Goals Through Action

  After hours of work, I have revised my action research plan, which is posted below. I would greatly appreciate any feedback and will return the favor. Thank you!

Corina Kelly’s Action Research Plan
Goal: Determine the impact of the SuccessMaker math intervention on third, fourth, and fifth grade special education students’ improvement in math performance.
Action Steps(s):	Person(s) Responsible:	Timeline: Start/End	Needed Resources	Evaluation
1. Meet with some members of the leadership team and SuccessMaker representative to discuss the purpose of the SuccessMaker program.	C. Kelly Site supervisor Campus Instructional Specialist Campus Technologist SuccessMaker representative	March 2013	SuccessMaker training materials	Meeting notes
2. Attend training led by SuccessMaker representative in order to learn about program’s rationale and how to effectively implement the program.	C. Kelly SuccessMaker representative	March 2013	SuccessMaker training materials Computer connected to the internet	Training notes
3. Meet with 1st-5th grade classroom teachers to discuss special education math concerns and the use of SuccessMaker math as an intervention.	C. Kelly Site supervisor Campus Technologist 1st-5th grade classroom teachers SuccessMaker representative	March 2013	SuccessMaker PowerPoint Computer and projector Handouts for teachers	Meeting notes
4. Create a schedule to ensure all special education students have at least four 15-minute sessions of SuccessMaker math weekly that do not conflict with other interventions or requirements.	C. Kelly Site supervisor	March 2013	Campus master schedule Classroom teachers’ schedules Speech and Dyslexia teachers’ schedules	Approval of completed schedule by site supervisor
5. Meet with Campus technologist to arrange for 10 laptop computers to be updated and set up with appropriate software for implementation of SuccessMaker.	C. Kelly Campus Technologist	March 2013	10 Laptop computers Requirements to run SuccessMaker program on computers Link to SuccessMaker program	10 Laptop computers located in special education classroom run SuccessMaker.
6. Implement SuccessMaker math program based on approved schedule.	C. Kelly Site supervisor	March 2013 – January 2014	10 Laptop computers Approved schedule	SuccessMaker report showing students spending at least 45 minutes weekly on math program.
7. Meet with SuccessMaker representative to learn how to gather, interpret, and analyze program’s math data.	C. Kelly SuccessMaker representative	March 2013	SuccessMaker training materials Computer connected to the internet	Meeting notes
8. Read relevant literature to gather information about the success of SuccessMaker math or similar web-based math interventions.	C. Kelly	March 2013 – May 2013	SuccessMaker math literature	Reflection about literature that evaluates the success of SuccessMaker math or similar web-based math interventions.
9. Collect, interpret, and analyze control group assessment data from the Scholastic Math Inventory.	C. Kelly Campus Instructional Specialist Site supervisor	March 2013 – May 2013	Scholastic Math Inventory (SMI) scores for 3rd-5th grade special education students from the beginning of the year (BOY) and middle of the year (MOY) for the 2012-2013 school year	Evaluation of 3rd-5th grade special education students’ growth in math performance from the BOY to the MOY for the 2012-2013 school year based on SMI scores.
10. Collect, interpret, and analyze summative data from the Scholastic Math Inventory.	C. Kelly Campus Instructional Specialist Site supervisor	January 2014 – February 2014	Scholastic Math Inventory (SMI) scores for 3rd-5th grade special education students from the beginning of the year (BOY) and middle of the year (MOY) for the 2013-2014 school year	Evaluation of 3rd-5th grade special education students’ growth in math performance from the BOY to the MOY for the 2012-2013 school year based on SMI scores.
11. Compare data collected in steps 9 and 10 to determine the impact of SuccessMaker math on improvement in math performance.	C. Kelly	February 2014 – April 2014	Evaluations of data collected in step 9 (growth without intervention) and step 10 (growth with intervention).	Evaluation of data showing students’ growth in math performance without SuccessMaker intervention compared to growth with the intervention.
12. Evaluate the action plan by presenting results of action research to campus, site supervisor, and online colleagues.	C. Kelly	May 2014	Literature review Data obtained in all previous steps	Action Research Report Blog Postings Oral presentation at faculty meeting

 

Format based on Tool 7.1 from Examining What We Do to Improve Our Schools

(Harris, Edmonson, and Combs, 2010)