Action Planning Template | ||||
Goal: Determine the effects of Reading Recovery on student achievement. | ||||
Action Steps(s): | Person(s) Responsible: | Timeline: Start/End | Needed Resources | Evaluation |
Interview students in first grade that are in Reading Recovery to find out how they feel about this program. | Nicole Reyes | September 2011-December 2012 | First Grade students | Evaluate the students’ answers to see the impact Reading Recovery has on them. |
Interview the Reading Recovery teachers to discuss how they’ve seen the student’s progress through the reading program. | Nicole Reyes | October 2011 | Monica Frederick and Sandy Veach (Reading Recovery teachers) | Determine the effectiveness that Reading Recovery has on the students reading progress based on my interviews. |
Gather data on students’ Reading Recovery history in order to identify growth from being in this program. | Lisa McLaughlin (Principal), Sandy Embry (Assistant Principal), and Nicole Reyes | February 2012 – Start gathering data on students’ scores/grades prior to joining Reading Recovery June 2012 – Review final grade/testing data on students in Reading Recovery | District Assessment testing data, Reading Levels, AIMS Data | Comparisons made from student data before and after Reading Recovery involvement will show effectiveness of the reading program. Evaluate what percentage of students improved academically after becoming involved in Reading Recovery. |
Interview Erin Burke (the districts Reading Recovery Specialist) to discuss what program existed before Reading Recovery. | Nicole Reyes | November 2011 | Erin Burke and data from previous reading programs (if any) | Evaluate the previous reading programs data and compare it to the Reading Recovery data. |
Format based on Tool 7.1 from Examining What We Do to Improve Our Schools
(Harris, Edmonson, and Combs, 2010)