Action Planning –Stacy Williams
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Goal: What is the relationship
between students who were part of a Transitional-First Grade (T1) class or
retained in early elementary and their success at the end of middle school or
in high school?
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Action Steps(s):
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Person(s) Responsible:
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Timeline: Start/End
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Needed Resources
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Evaluation
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Identify students who
were in Transitional 1st, retained during K, 1st, or 2nd.
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Stacy Williams
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March 2013
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Student names, birthdates
and current grade of student from perm cards or admission forms
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Is there sufficient
data for the study?
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Locate and organize
OCCT testing data from middle school
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Stacy Williams and Pam
Lucas-Middle School Principal
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April 2013
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OCCT Test Results for
each class from 8th grade to 2012 Seniors
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Actual test data
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Obtain Class Rankings
from High School
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Stacy Williams and
Curtis Moses-High School Counselor and Carl Johnson-H.S. Principal
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April 2013
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Class Rankings for 2013
Seniors through 2008 Seniors who were identified
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Actual class ranking-Any
noticeable patterns in class ranking?
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Research retention and
Transitional 1st papers
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Stacy Williams
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May - June 2013
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Computer and internet
to perform research
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Literature review to
get ideas on how to organize results
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Research 8th
grade OCCT test score and categories for each student and average test score
of the class in Reading and Math
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Stacy Williams
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May 2013
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OCCT Test Results for
each class and identified students from 8th grade to 2012 Seniors
computer/software
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Actual test score
categories-Any noticeable patterns in rankings?
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Calculate the quartile
ranking of identified group of students at end of senior year
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Stacy Williams
Curtis Moses- H.S.
Counselor
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May 2013
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Class Rankings for
2013 Seniors through 2008 Seniors
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Actual class ranking by quartile -Any noticeable patterns
in rankings?
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Survey of parents of students who
were retained or in a T1 class
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Stacy Williams
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May 2013
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Surveying questions,
survey instrument, email
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Parent response and
noticeable trends
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Survey of students
identified as retained or in a T1 class
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Stacy Williams
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May 2013
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Surveying questions,
survey instrument, email
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Student response and
noticeable trends
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Compile, analyze, results
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Stacy Williams
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June – July 2013
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Research, survey, and data collected: Computer/software
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Compare test scores
and ranking to research data
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Report and share
results in staff meeting and parent conferences
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Stacy Williams, teachers,
Cindy Harrison, Principal
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August 2013 and
ongoing
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Computer
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Written Report and oral
feedback from administration and teachers and parents
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Sunday, February 3, 2013
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Hi Stacy, I find your topic interesting. Will you be looking mainly at middle and high school students that were retained in elementary? At first look I thought you would be looking at elementary students but then your research would not conclude until years down the road. Is there any way for you to determine if some middle / high students who are not performing well maybe "should have been retained" in elementary school? I'm just curious exactly what data you will be comparing that might show how being retained hindered or helped the students and these are questions that came to mind. Your plan is well organized and thought out! Best of luck in your research.
ReplyDeleteStacy, I love your topic. I am an interventionist on an elementary campus PK-3rd grade. We always struggle this time of year as we begin to have retention conferences with parents. One thing I would consider is when you are looking to survey parents of students who were previously retained or were in the T1 program, you may want to make sure that the parents were not upset about the retention or whatever final decision was made. Every now and then we end up with parents who are not happy about the decision and I would hate for you to ask them to complete a survey and then have them upset all of over again. Just a thought...I can't wait to follow your research!
ReplyDeleteStacy, I think your topic sounds great. We have a transitional kinder class on our campus. It would be interesting to see the comparisons. Your plan looks very well organized and planned. Good luck :)
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ReplyDeleteStacy, your topic is very interesting. Will you be looking at the more immediate affects of early retention on students as well? I wonder how early retention effects student motivation.
ReplyDeleteHi Stacy, great plan! I don't know much on the topic since I'm a HS person, but I do know this is a hot topic amongst my friends with small children approaching the Kindergarten year. I bet your survey results are going to be fascinating. I'll be interested to follow and see what you learn!
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