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Action Planning Template
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Goal: Determine the impact of enrolling at
risk students into a double block Algebra 1 class.
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Action Steps(s):
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Person(s) Responsible:
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Timeline: Start/End
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Needed Resources
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Evaluation
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Identify students in
the five sections of the double blocked algebra 1 classes.
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Richard K Green
Lisa Donlan
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August 12, 2013 –
August 30, 2013
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Section Numbers
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Do we have lists of
all students who took part in program that include student ID#’s?
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Obtain 8th
grade data from selected students.
STAAR results.
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Richard K Green
Lisa Donlan
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August 19, 2013 –
August 30, 2013
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Student Rosters(with
ID#’s)
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Do we have 8th
grade STAAR data from the students in the program?
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Obtain Algebra 1 STAAR
data on selected students.
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Richard K Green
Lisa Donlan
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August 19, 2013 –
August 30, 2013
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Student Rosters(with
ID#’s)
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Do we have data from
the selected students Algebra 1 STAAR test?
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Separate the students
into groups based off of 8th grade scores.
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Richard K Green
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September 2, 2013 –
September , 2013
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8th grade
Math STAAR results for selected students
Microsoft Excel
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Are the students
grouped with other similar students?
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Pair the selected student’s
8th grade results with their Algebra 1 results.
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Richard K Green
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September 9, 2013 – September
11, 2013
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Microsoft Excel
8th and Algebra
1 Grade STAAR Results for selected students.
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Do we have complete
results for the selected students that include both their 8th
grade and Algebra 1 results?
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Sort students by
result of Algebra 1 test.
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Richard K Green
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September 11, 2013 –
September 13, 2013
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Microsoft Excel
Algebra 1 STAAR
results for selected students.
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Are we clearly able to
see who passed and who did not along with their scores?
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Look at attendance
data from tutorial sessions for Algebra 1 and sort by number of times attended.
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Richard K Green
Ron Smith
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September 16, 2013 –
September 27, 2013
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Microsoft Excel
Algebra 1 tutorial
attendance records.
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Can we see what students
attended the tutorials regularly?
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Combine test result
data with attendance data and look for trends of pass or fail with tutorial attendance.
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Richard K Green
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September 30, 2013 –
October 2, 2013
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Microsoft Excel
Algebra 1 STAAR
results with 8th grade STAAR results
Tutorial Attendance
report
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Is there a connection
between students who attended more tutorials doing better on the Algebra 1
STAAR?
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Obtain data on
students who were enrolled in regular Algebra 1 classes.
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Richard K Green
Lisa Donlan
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October 2, 2013 –
October 4, 2013
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Section number of regular
Algebra 1 classes.
Student rosters with
ID#’s
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Can we determine pass
and fail rates of students enrolled in regular Algebra 1 classes?
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Obtain 8th
grade math data for students enrolled in regular Algebra 1 classes and link
with Algebra 1 STAAR results.
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Richard K Green
Lisa Donlan
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October 7, 2013 –
October 11, 2013
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Section number of regular
Algebra 1 classes.
Student rosters with
ID#’s
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Can we see how the
students in regular Algebra 1 classes did on their STAAR tests?
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Look at change in
grades between 8th grade STAAR and Algebra 1 STAAR for both groups.
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Richard K Green
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October 14, 2013 –
October 25, 2013
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Microsoft Excel
STAAR results for all
students in 8th grade and Algebra 1.
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What group had the
greatest improvement in raw score from their 8th grade STAAR test
to the Algebra 1 STAAR test?
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Analyze effectiveness of
the double block program in improving overall student success.
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Richard K Green
Kirk Manley
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October 28, 2013 –
November 8, 2013
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All reports showing
change.
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Is the double block
program making a significant change in the achievement of at risk students?
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Perform a cost benefit
analysis on teacher cost for double block program.
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Richard K Green
Kirk Manley
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November 8, 2013 –
November 22, 2013
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All reports showing
change
Cost breakdown of
extra teachers for scheduling needs
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Is the cost of the
double block program the most effective tool to improve achievement?
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Sunday, August 4, 2013
Action Research Project - Double Blocking Algebra 1 Classes
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I like the idea of double-blocking Math for students that need it and your plan looks very thorough. My campus is doing something similar for the English Writing STAAR. Students who need extra assistance are being placed in a "Creative Writing" class. I love that it has a positive spin on the name, so that would be my encouragement to you; put a positive spin on it for these kids that are having to go though double the math :) All the best to you in your Action Research!
ReplyDeleteDouble-blocking in algebra is a great idea for at risk kids. A solid foundation in algebra prepares them for the rest of the math classes they will need to take. Can you really put a cost analysis on something that far reaching? It looks like this is something that is already in place and you are just evaluating the impact to see if it should continue, right? I would love to see what your results show.
ReplyDeleteThe cost analysis will be hard. I will be helped out quite a bit with that by my site supervisor who is our associate principal. He is the "numbers and data" guy at our school. It basically would be trying to see if just doing tutorials would make more sense.
DeleteI teach Physics and the student's math skills are my biggest challenge.
Fellow Physics teacher commiserates. Students who cannot isolate a variable are "beaten up" pretty hard in physics for basically the first semester and half of the second. Having taught previously on a block schedule, where all freshmen were basically given double block Math and English, we saw test scores shoot through the roof. I really look forward to reading your final results. Good luck!
DeleteI like your research plan. I know having more time in Algebra would have been helpful to me as a student. I look forward to reading more about your project.
ReplyDeleteI am elementary, what is blocking? Otherwise looks great!
ReplyDeleteDouble blocking would be making a single class period into two. For example we have 7 periods/day. A regular algebra class would meet 1 period each day every day of the year, as does every other class. The double block algebra classes meet every day for two straight periods (ie. 1&2 period) every day for the whole year.
DeleteDouble blocking is so helpful to help students gain the skills necessary to be successful. I am curious if you are looking at last year's data of students who were double blocked? I am curious to know what the data shows, because I have seen double blocks on several campuses with varying levels of success.
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