Week 3 Action Plan

OUTCOMES
To determine a correlation between students being late to class (tardy) and student academic achievement.
To determine the average number of tardies in a given academic core class for students who have scored below a 70% in the given class and for students who have scored between a 70-79% in the given class.
To determine if there a “magic number” of tardies after which student scores drop off significantly (defined as 5 or more average points).





ACTIVITIES
Confer with academic core class teachers from McMath Middle School’s 7-1 academic team to inform them of the purpose of the study and ask for their participation in this study.
Along with my colleagues, actively monitor tardies throughout the first six weeks of the 2010-2011 school year.
Following the first six weeks of the 2010-2011 school year, it is necessary to compile the number of tardies and the average for each student in each class from Team 7-1
With the information gathered, to determine the average number of tardies in a given academic core class for students who have scored below a 70% in the given class and for students who have scored between a 70-79% in the given class.
With the information gathered, determine if there a “magic number” of tardies after which student scores drop off significantly (defined as 5 or more average points).
Repeat this process across the second and third six weeks of the 2010-2011 school year.


RESOURCES/RESEARCH TOOLS NEEDED
The most vital resource to collecting this research is the cooperation and assistance from my colleagues at McMath Middle School.
Gradespeed reports for Team 7-1 students averages and tardies across the first semester of the 2010-2011 school year.






RESPONSIBILITY TO ADDRESS ACTIVITIES
Persons responsible to address activites include myself, Brooks Baca, and also, pending their cooperation, Joan Stelter, Becky Hunt, Ruth Westbrook, and Shandra Sanders.







TIME LINE
August 19-20, 2010 – Confer with colleagues to petition their cooperation and assistance in this project.
August 23, 2010 – October 1, 2010 – Actively monitor tardies throughout the first six weeks of the 2010-2011 school year.
October 2, 2010 – October 8, 2010 –
Compile reports on averages and tardies and complete the previously mentioned calculations and averages for the first six weeks.
October 4, 2010- November 5, 2010 –
Actively monitor tardies throughout the second six weeks of the 2010-2011 school year.

November 6, 2010- October 12, 2010 –
Compile reports on averages and tardies and complete the previously mentioned calculations and averages for the second six weeks.
November 8, 2010 – December 17, 2010 –
Actively monitor tardies throughout the third six weeks of the 2010-2011 school year.



Benchmarks/
ASSESSMENT
The assessment instrument to assure validity for this project will be the deviation of the data between the three different 6 weeks.
Maintaining an average deviation across the three different six weeks, or trials, will constitute valid data. Varying deviations will create questions that must be answered.





This week I really had a chance to think deeply about Action Research Project and I gained the opportunity to put together my action plan in a clear, concise, organized way.