Action Research Plan

Action Planning Template
Goal: Increase 8th grade Reading STAAR scores
Action Steps(s):	Person(s) Responsible:	Timeline: Start/End	Needed Resources	Evaluation
Analysis of Low STAAR Reading scores	Academic Leadership Team	May 2012	STAAR data, library reading program data, Redistep scores, and any other data determined by administration to use, Readicide by Kelly Gallagher	Reading initiative needed in order raise the scores
Form different committees to address the needs to the creation and implementation of the program.	Dept. Chair and myself	May 2012	Teachers	Formed committees
Create a reading initiative program	Dept. Chair, myself, and committee	May 2012	Teacher from each content area, ideas, and goals	Reading program created
Creating classroom libraries of 30 books/14 titles for all core content classes.	Dept. Chair/ Librarian/ Myself	August 2012 – December 2012	$25,000 grant $15,000 Title 1 funds	Classroom libraries in all core content classes
Implement the reading initiative program O.S.C.A.R. (Our Students Care about Reading).	Reading Initiative Committee	May 2012 – May 2013	Reading Initiative Plan, Books	Successful award ceremony in May
Construct and give student surveys to evaluate the increased amount of reading and levels of joy with reading.	Reading Initiative Committee and myself	August 2012 – May 2013	Questions for evaluation	Increase in the amount of reading based on student response.
Create campus common assessments every three weeks in ELA.	8th grade team	August 2012 – May 2013	Common assessments created every three weeks, District common assessments	Increased data scores from previous year.
Evaluate the new STAAR data	Academic Leadership Team	May 2013 – June 2013	STAAR data	Increase in STAAR reading scores