Updated Action Research Plan

SCHOOL VISION: The vision of Orangefield Elementary School is to motivate and enable all students to accomplish their highest educational goals while building self-efficacy.

GOAL:  The goal of this action research is to use existing technology to bridge the achievement gap in mathematics between the economic groups in the third and fourth grades.

OUTCOMES	ACTIVITES	RESOURCES/ RESEARCH TOOLS NEEDED	RESPONSIBILITY TO ADDRESS ACTIVITIES	TIME LINE	BENCHMARKS/ ASSESSMENT	Revision to SIP/PIP based on monitoring and assessments
Identify the technology that is available at OES	Inventory of technology on campus	Excel Spreadsheet	Carol Evans & Jennifer Pickard	October 2011 To December 2011	Completed Inventory List
Determine the number of economic disadvantage students are enrolled in OES	Gather information from front office	PEIM information	Carol Evans	November 1, 2011	Have a number or percentage	Changed TAKS to PEIMS and Change time line from 09/11 – 10/11 to 11/1/11
Identify what the type of access students have to technology after school hours	Survey Parents and Students	SurveyMonkey.com, Excel Spreadsheet	Carol Evans  & Improvement Committee	January 2012 To March 2012	Completed Excel Spreadsheet	Identified survey tool to use
Collect test data from previous years	Analyze TAP and TAKS data	TAP and TAKS data for 2009, 2010, and 2011, and Excel Spreadsheet	Carol Evans & Improvement Committee	September 2011 To November 2011	Completed Excel Spreadsheet	Replaced TPRI with TAP
Identify Technologies used by neighboring district in the area of math	Interview teacher from BCIS	Audacity software, note taking skills	Carol Evans	October 2011	Completed Interview	Changed “resources” to “technology” Modified time line from 4/12 -5/12 to 10/11
Identify the technology that math teachers are using in their classroom	Survey math teachers	SurveyMonkey.com, Excel Spreadsheet	Carol Evans & Improvement Committee	April 2012 To May 2012	Completed Excel Spreadsheet	Identified survey tool to use
Identify students that have a sense of belonging to OE community	Survey all students	SurveyMonkey.com, Excel Spreadsheet	Carol Evans & Improvement Committee	January 2012 To March 2012	Completed Excel Spreadsheet	Identified survey tool to use
Collect data from new STAAR test	Analyze STAAR data	STAAR data for 2012 and Excel Spreadsheet	Carol Evans & Improvement Committee	May 2012 To July 2012	Completed Excel Spreadsheet
Recommendations for change	Cumulate and analyze data	All data previously collected	Carol Evans & Improvement Committee	July 2012 To September 2012	Completed project	New Addition