It is now the beginning of April. Since
the development of my action research project, there has been a huge shift at
my school. My principal and site mentor
resigned in the middle of the year.
Needless to say, I am not as far along on the data collection of my project
as I would like to be. That being said,
however, I have been monitoring the performance of my 4th grade students
who are in the Reading Together program by looking at their I Station reports
on a monthly basis. Also, I have been
collecting information and perspectives from the teachers who are leading the
Reading Together program. Finally, I
have met with and will continue to meet with our academic specialist to look at
the data for all the 4th graders who are participating in this after-school
program. One I collect all the data (beginning,
middle and end of the program), I will be able to determine how the increase in
student performance compares to those 4th grade students who are not
involved in the program. Once this is
done, I will be able to determine and provide feedback to my administration as
to the viability of the Reading Together. Changes in my plan include
eliminating the 2nd grade population as a focus group for obtaining
data. My reasoning for this is
twofold. First, I would like to focus on
my 4th grade students and perhaps isolate more adequately the
benefits and challenges this program may offer.
Secondly, I believe that both the benefits and challenges would reflect themselves
equally in both student groups.
