Tuesday, December 6, 2011
Action Research Week 3
I have finally settled on my action research plan! How do classroom pullouts affect student performance on standardized tests? I am curious to see if all the time spent pulling students out of electives to work on classwork or TAKS/STAAR related material really helps improve those student's test scores. Or, are we just giving students an "out" to not do their work in class or at home because they know they will be pulled to make it up? I just think we are giving students too many chances nowadays and we are not making the parents accountable for what their children do. Some schools don't even do homework at all. Anyhow, my biggest fear is that I will not be able to find enough information to make this plan work. If anyone has any ideas of where to find articles or books on classroom pullouts, or tutorials during class time, please share.
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Hi Kurt,
ReplyDeleteSuggestions: You could get a survey from the teachers of how they feel and whether or not they believe progress is being made. You could also survey the students. I'd be interested to see what they have to say as well.
Also, will your students be taking a benchmark test? Maybe you could measure progress from the benchmark vs. the state assessment. The only thing about this is that everyone is unsure about what the state assessment will look like.
Last thing: I would record how pullouts affect students in their elective classes and what they are missing from being pulled out of class. (Negative affects)
Hope I could help!