Action Research Update Sept. 25th

My final project looks at the difference between small group tutoring, large group tutoring, and adding technology to both. Each year my students take the 8^th grade Math STAAR. They have three chances to pass this test to move onto 9^th grade. We start off the year identifying our at-risk students and enroll them in an online program or tutoring. After the 1^st test, we then take our failures for small group instruction that integrates technology. After the second test, the failures then go to large group instruction. What I am looking at is the difference in tutoring and how that affects the passing rate.  Many teachers each year devise plans to structure their lessons towards our tier 2 and tier 3 students. Also, many of us are now required to provide RTI time each week for our students. I want to see the effect it has on the passing rate and what I think is the best for our students. Again, we differentiated how we did this throughout the year and I wanted to streamline our efforts in the future. The data will tell me what is most effective in targeting these students to raise our passing rate. The date may or may not lead me to a finite conclusion but may lead me to explore other routes or make me have more questions for my research. I think this will not only help the math department but will be able to provide insights for other subject areas on how they should target their interventions.