Action Research Plan

SCHOOL VISION: To close the achievement gap within economically diverse populations. GOAL:  To continue to be able to offer Middle School Math Success camp to economically disadvantaged students in sixth and seventh grades by offering them a positive math experience and help to prevent the “summer slide”. OUTCOMES ACTIVITIES RESOURCES/ RESEARCH TOOLS NEEDED RESPONSIBILITY TO ADDRESS ACTIVITIES TIME LINE Benchmarks/ ASSESSMENT Revisions to SIP/PIP based on monitoring and assessments Math Camp will affect middle school math positively by increasing student achievement and attitude towards math. Math camp helps to build student’s self esteem towards math and gives them positive experiences. Math camp provides opportunity for some one-on-one learning and problem solving in group settings. Math camp also focuses on skills to help students be successful the following year and solidifies the skills taught the previous year. List of students eligible for camp, list of students who participated in camp, attitude surveys at the end of camp, district assessment data from fall and spring following camp, additional attitude survey during the school year following camp Besides myself, my co-worker, April Chauvette, will help me to gather data and report the findings to the Secondary Math Coordinator, the Director of Curriculum and Instruction and the Executive Director of K-12 Programs to help insure funding for the continuation of the math camp. Timeline: Current to December 2012 I will look at district assessment scores from Fall 2011 and Spring 2012 and compare the data to students who did not attend camp. I will also send out an attitude survey about camp and compare it to the results from the last day of camp. Follow cohort group to track academic performance on district assessments and attitudes. May need to invite more students to get more participation in the camp. May need to adjust camp materials if proven not successful.