Action Research Planning Template

The following is a copy of my initial Action Research Planning Template. Feedback is welcome!

ACTION PLANNING TEMPLATE
Goal: Collect data to develop a position/answer the question…what is the impact and effectiveness of homework on student achievement as measured by district benchmarks and state testing?
Action Steps(s):	Person(s) Responsible:	Timeline: Start/End	Needed Resources	Evaluation
Create surveys for three target audiences: Students, Parents, Teachers	Tiffany Tahu, Laurie Taylor, Instructional Specialist, Campus Counselor, ILT team members	Develop surveys/questionnaires December 2012-January 2013	Survey Monkey for parent and teacher survey. Paper survey for students. Translator for Spanish version of the survey.	Completion and dissemination of survey to teachers, parents and students
		Conduct the survey again in September 2013 with new group of students and parents for a longitudinal multi-year study
Conduct Teacher Interviews as a possible follow-up to the surveys	Tiffany Tahu, Laurie Taylor, Instructional Specialist, Campus Counselor, ILT team Members, Teachers	February 2013-March 203	Create interview document based off of results of the survey and areas that require clarification	Completion of one-on-one interviews with teachers
Student Focus Groups as a possible follow-up to the surveys	Tiffany Tahu, Laurie Taylor, Teachers, Students	April 2013-May2013	Develop focus group discussion based off of results of the survey and areas that require clarification	Completion of focus group discussions with students
Compile results of qualitative student, teacher, parent surveys	Tiffany Tahu	February 2013 - October 2014	Returned surveys via Survey Monkey or hard copy	Calculate percentage completed and returned surveys to the number sent out.
Six Weeks Reporting – Teachers anonymously report student homework completion for each six weeks grading period.	Tiffany Tahu, Laurie Taylor, Grade Level Teachers	January 2013 – May 2013 (each six weeks grading period)	System for making student reporting anonymous, yet able to cross reference with district and state test results.	Create master tracking sheet that will track six weeks homework, benchmark testing and state test scores.
		September 2013-May 2014	Six weeks reporting document for consistency across grade-levels
Primary and Secondary Research (Literature, Film, Blogs, Video, Professional Journals, etc…)	Tiffany Tahu	December 2012-January 2014	Internet, Library, Professional Organization Memberships	Written summary of my findings on already published research and data on the topic of homework
District benchmark testing results	Tiffany Tahu, Laurie Taylor, Instructional Specialist, Teachers	*need to obtain district benchmark calendar for dates of testing/reporting	District benchmark calendar. Cooperation of Instructional Specialist and Teachers to report testing (via anonymous student reporting system)	Compile and compare district benchmark test scores to homework completion for each student.
State testing (STAAR) results	Tiffany Tahu, Laurie Taylor, Instructional Specialist, Teachers	August 2013 and August 2014	Cooperation of Instructional Specialist and Teachers to report testing (via anonymous student reporting system)	Compile and compare STAAR test results to district benchmark test scores and homework completion for each student.