Action Research Plan EDLD 5301

Action Research Plan
Goal: To determine if and how technology can be used in a Special Education small group setting to increase reading fluency.
Action Steps(s):	Person(s) Responsible:	Timeline: Start/End	Needed Resources	Evaluation
1.Identify the 2-4 Special Education students involved in research.	Dawn Shinn Angelee Morales Merrill Redfern Special Education Team	August 2012	ARD documentation	Determine and create a group with similar classification grade level and academic need. Inform and obtain approval from parents.
2.Obtain group members reading fluency scores for baseline determination.	Dawn Shinn Special Education Team Merrill Redfern	September 2012	AIMSWEB data Excel spreadsheet for data collection.	Ensure that I have sufficient data before beginning student use of interventions.
3.Assign programs to group members and begin use of interventions.	Merrill Redfern Students	September – December 2012	The Six Minute Solution Program. Read Naturally Program.	Implement and monitor student’s use of Reading Fluency programs.
4.Literature Review	Merrill Redfern Angelee Morales Dawn Shinn	December 2012	Internet literature	Review current literature and data regarding use of a technology program in Sped in other districts

Action Research Plan
Goal: To determine if and how technology can be used in a Special Education small group setting to increase reading fluency.
Action Steps(s):	Person(s) Responsible:	Timeline: Start/End	Needed Resources	Evaluation
5.Obtain Reading fluency scores from mid-year assessments	Dawn Shinn Merrill Redfern Special Education Team	January 2013	AIMSWEB Excel Spreadsheet	Compare baseline scores to mid-year scores.
6.Continue with interventions alternating programs with the students.	Merrill Redfern Students	January - April 2013	The Six Minute Solution Program. Read Naturally Program.	Implement and monitor student’s use of Reading Fluency programs.
7.Obtain Reading fluency scores from end of year assessment.	Dawn Shinn Merrill Redfern Special Education Team	April – May 2013	AIMSWEB Excel Spreadsheet	Compare end of year scores to baseline and mid year scores.
8.Compile all completed data and research into an action research plan informal oral presentation.	Merrill Redfern Angelee Morales Dawn Shinn Special Education Team	May 2013	Baseline data Mid-year data End of year data Program intervention data	Using all data collected, analyze and determine if and at what rate reading fluency increased with and without a technology based program.