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Action Research Planning Template
Question: What characteristics make for an effective after school tutoring program, with effectiveness determined by results of district math and reading testing?
	Action Step	Person Responsible		Time Line Start/End		Needed Resources		Evaluation
1	Looking at the third, fourth and fifth graders who failed the 2012 November district math benchmark, and the 2012 October reading benchmark, divide students into two groups based on whether or not they were assigned to and participated in after school tutoring.	M. Vasquez		March 2013 - April 2013		Benchmark data, Tutoring rosters		Creation of two study groups, one group that did receive after school tutoring as an intervention and one group that did not.
2	Determine an average score for each of the two groups, using the 2012 November math benchmark and then again, using the 2012 October reading benchmark.  Then, using these same groups, determine the average score for each of the groups, using the 2013 March math CBA and the 2013 February reading CBA.  Scores will be compared to determine the baseline effectiveness of our current after school tutoring program.	M. Vasquez		March 2013 - April 2013		Benchmark data,  CBA Data		Baseline scores will be  determined to calculate the effectiveness of the 2012-2013 after school tutoring program as compared to the effect of no tutoring, at each grade level.
3	Look at students who have participated in after school math and reading tutoring in grade 3, 4, and 5 this year.  Using the same benchmark and CBA data for each grade level, pinpoint which tutoring teachers have had the most success with raising the test grades of their students.	M. Vasquez		March 2013 - April 2013		Benchmark data,  CBA Data, Tutoring rosters		Target teachers will be identified based on their success with raising tutoring students test grades.
4	Interview targeted teachers, asking what they did with their tutoring groups. I.E. activities, computer programs, lessons, etc.	M. Vasquez, B. Wickel		April 2013-May 2013		Target Teachers		A list of what successful tutoring teachers did during tutoring this year.
5	Look at tutoring attendance sheets for the targeted teachers and determine the average number of minutes, per week, students received tutoring services.	M. Vasquez		March 2013-May 2013		Tutoring attendance sheets		Determine an average number of minutes per week needed for successful tutoring.
6	Research after school programs that have been successful.  Focus on size of groups, activities presented, and duration of tutoring sessions.  Use this information, along with the results from the targeted teacher group, to create a tutoring model to be used during the 2013-2014 school year.	M. Vasquez, B. Wickel		June 2013-August 2013		Articles, journals, and interviews		Tutoring program to be used for the 2013-2014 school year.
7	Inservice teachers on the after school tutoring model that will be utilized for the 2013-2014 school year.	M. Vasquez, B. Wickel		August 2013- September 2013		Tutoring Plan		Teachers will be informed about the tutoring program.
8	Looking at the third, fourth and fifth graders who fail the 2013 November district math benchmark and the 2013 October reading benchmark, divide students into groups based on whether or not they will be assigned to after school tutoring as an intervention.	M. Vasquez		October 2013- November 2013		Benchmark Scores		Tutoring groups to be seen in accordance with the developed after school tutoring plan.
9	Determine an average score for each of the  groups, using the 2013 November math benchmark and the 2013 October reading benchmark.  Then, using these same groups, determine the average score for each of the groups, using the 2014 March math CBA and the 2014 February reading CBA.  Scores will be compared to determine the effectiveness of our newly created after school tutoring program.	M. Vasquez		February 2014- March 2014		Benchmark data,  CBA scores		Comparison of Fall scores to Spring scores, to rate overall effectiveness of after school tutoring to no tutoring at all.
10	Evaluate the effectiveness of the new after school tutoring model, as compared to the old, by looking at the change in test scores for the monitored groups between the Fall benchmark and the Spring CBA.	M. Vasquez		March 2014- April 2014		Testing Data		Evaluate the effectiveness and begin making modifications to improve for the next year.