Sunday, September 29, 2013
Action Research Progress
My action research project is examining the effectiveness of interventions for our special education students specifically in writing and science. I have gone through a list of our special education and have designated 15 students that will be my test group. I have data on their State Mandated test scores from last year. So far we have set up a number of interventions that will take place during the year in order to get them ready for the state mandated test that will take place in May. The first intervention we are offering is that we put all of these students in one class period and team teaching is taking place between the teacher and their special education case manager. We also have some programs taking place for these students like Read 180 and I-Station for the writing and Sapling Learning for the science. The students are working on these programs about two to three times a week. I am going to be able to assess the student’s progress by looking at the benchmark scores that they will be taking twice throughout the year. We have also started a new 3-week common assessment program that will also help me track the progress of these students. In English specifically, these students are not only taking their required ELA course but they are also taking a Practical Writing class. The class will be used as intervention for these students also. In Science, we have put the students into a STAAR Biology Intervention class along with their regular science class. These are the interventions that are currently taking place. We have other interventions that we are implementing throughout the year like Saturday School tutorials, Collaborative Wednesday tutorials, and a 20 days to the STAAR program. I will be visiting with the students and teachers throughout this year to see which interventions they think are working and which ones are showing results. I will also be monitoring the students benchmark scores, common assessment scores, and state mandated test scores.
Tuesday, September 24, 2013
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