Action Research Plan

Action Planning Template
Goal: Reading comprehension is a nation-wide concern. Students taking college entrance exams are finding themselves forced to take remedial courses because they do not score high enough on these entrance exams. My school is no different than any other, our students struggle on the reading portion of these tests. My goal is to determine and suggest strategies or programs to improve reading comprehension in order to ensure college readiness.
Action Steps(s):	Person(s) Responsible:	Timeline: Start/End	Needed Resources	Evaluation
Determine what college entrance test to use for my research. (Accuplacer, SAT, ACT)	Jay Ragland	June 4-June 11 2010	Test Scores from tests chosen for this project. (Accuplacer, SAT, ACT)	This will give me appropriate information on reading comprehension.
Gather baseline data on the Accuplacer, ACT, and SAT s	Jay Ragland Shana Hallmark-HS Counselor Kathy Young-Accuplacer Facilitator.	June 12-June 21 2012	Scores from the past 2-3 years on students that took the Accuplacer, ACT, and SAT	This information should provide me with the data I need to compare to this school year we are approaching.
Discuss reading strategies, and discuss new ways to improve reading comprehension  with English Teachers and Reading Teacher	Jay Ragland English Department Reading Department	August 27-August 31	English and Reading Teachers	Look at what strategies are being used for reading comprehension and discuss new ideas to try and increase the comprehension level.
Research previous articles on reading comprehension	Jay Ragland	June-October 2012	Look at previous strategies that have been proposed and find several that can be implemented as well.	Apply reading strategies
Implement new reading strategies agreed upon by English/Reading Teachers	Jay Ragland	August- 2012 to May-2013	New strategies for reading comprehension	Monitor the student’s progress by checking on test scores.
Survey Students that take the Accuplacer, ACT, and SAT and look at issues they have with the reading portion of these tests.	Jay Ragland	August 2012	Completed Surveys	Find common problem areas listed in the surveys.
Analyze new test scores as they become available for the Accuplacer, ACT, and SAT	Jay Ragland	October- April 2012	Compare new scores after implementing reading strategies with last year’s scores	Determine if any new strategies may have helped to improve or lower scores.
Survey students to see if new reading strategies helped increase their reading scores on the tests.	Jay Ragland	April 2013	Analyze new survey’s	Compare results with previous survey.
Present Findings	Using data collected present findings of my research.	June 2013	Final research product ready to present.	Evaluation by my site supervisor, school superintendent, and school board.