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Action Planning Template
Goal: I will determine the extent to which the overall performance of struggling readers be increased through the implementation of a multi-faceted reading intervention program?
Action Steps(s):	Person(s) Responsible:	Timeline: Start-End	Needed Resources	Evaluation
1.    Determine eligible students for the program	Mrs. Shannon Allen, Principal; Mrs. Jenny Angelo, Reading Department Chair; Mrs. Ava Batiste, Counselor; Mr. Jeffrey Farley, Reading Interventionist/ Researcher	May 2012-July 2012	STAAR raw scores, STAR scaled scores	Students who exhibited low performance on both assessments will be placed in the program. Remaining spots will be filled based upon Fall 2012 Universal Screen (STAR) data. Number of students selected for sample is held at 63 in order to accommodate those new, incoming or previously unidentified low-performing students. Cap is based on maintaining an approximately 1:18 (or less) teacher-student ratio.
2.    Institute class periods during which the interven-tions will take place	Mrs. Shannon Allen Mrs. Ava Batiste, Mr. Jeffrey Farley	May 2012-June 2012	Master Schedule	Evaluate Master Schedule to assess the possibility of removing 8th grade ELAR students to other teachers in order to make Mr. Farley’s class periods available for Reading Improvement classes
3.    Conduct Universal Screen	Mr. Jeffrey Farley, Reading Department teachers	August 31, 2012-September 7, 2012	Campus STAR Reading subscription, computer labs (3 labs/3 days)	All students on the campus will take the assessment in order to verify placement of children from previous assessment data and to fill spots in the classes with as many other students from the bottom of the field as the class capacity allows. Look particularly at incoming 6th graders for placement.
NOTE REGARDING UNIVERSAL SCREEN: In September 2012, a total of 811 students were tested. 26 students, from our total of 837 enrolled at that time, were not tested in the screen due to enrollment in Life Skills, Home-bound, or Alternative Campus Placement at the time of the screen. .
4.    Begin daily interventions using audio books	Mr. Jeffrey Farley	September 6, 2012-April 24, 2013	Taped books, PlayAways, cassette players, headphones, power (strips, cords, etc.), Campus Accelerated Reader (AR) subscription	Students will work four days each week (M-Th) reading for 40 minutes each day. Remaining time will be spent documenting the day’s reading on the summary bookmark created for that book. Student reading will be tracked through the AR Reading Practice quizzes – point totals, average book level, and average quiz score will be assessed and documented.
5.    Administer STAR Reading assessment weekly to monitor progress	Mr. Jeffrey Farley	September 14, 2012-May 3, 2013	Campus STAR Reading subscription, computer lab (every Friday, all year – administer STAR 2nd-4th Fridays of every month)	The STAR assessment will be used to determine starting Zone of Proximal Development (ZPD) in terms of AR Book Level to help students choose appropriately comfortable/challenging independent reading material. Students will also track their own scaled score from the weekly assessments on a paper graph in their folder – this will help them self-assess their own progress and drive them to keep reaching.
6.    Following analysis of Universal Screen data, low-perform-ing sixth grade students are added to the program	Mr. Jeffrey Farley, Mrs. Shannon Allen, Mrs. Ava Batiste	September 18, 2012	Master Schedule, STAR Universal Screen data	Fourteen new students from the sixth grade are entered into the program bringing the total Tier II sample group to 77 students. These 77 students will receive interventions and progress monitoring until either they achieve three consecutive scaled scores at or above benchmark or the end of the school year, whichever comes first.
7.    Administer Istation Indicators of Progress (ISIP) assessment	Mr. Jeffrey Farley	October 12, 2012-May 10, 2013	District Istation subscription, computer labs (1st Friday of every month), headphones	The ISIP assessment will be a second diagnostic tool to help understand specific problem areas for each child in the program. The assessment will also inform the Istation practice platform so that each student receives interventions appropriate to his or her level/area(s) of difficulty
8.    Begin taking AR Vocabulary quizzes immediately following AR Reading Practice quizzes	Mr. Jeffrey Farley	October 25, 2012-May 31, 2013	Campus AR subscription	Based on preliminary examination of ISIP data, many students are struggling specifically with vocabulary and word analysis.  While the vocabulary quizzes in AR are based on the level of the book, and those book levels are often well-below grade level, the vocabulary quiz offers another data point for the dashboard and an opportunity to remediate students when performance of these assessments is low.
9.    Administer Student Reading Survey	Mr. Jeffrey Farley	November 2, 2012	Google Survey modified from 2011 Concordia University Research study survey component	I will build the online survey using the CU survey component as a guide and administer the online survey after weekly progress monitoring in the lab on 11/2/2012. Survey data will be assessed as immediately as possible to determine whether factors within the students might need to be addressed during the program.
10.  Begin using “Reading with ISIP” computer- based intervention program	Mr. Jeffrey Farley	November 2, 2012-May 31, 2013	District Istation subscription, computer labs (every Friday of the school year)	Students will spend any time after completing either the STAR or the ISIP on the Istation reading practice platform. Performance in this environment will be assessed at least every three weeks for grade reporting purposes and to discover the nature of the students’ use and priority areas as determined by performance in the practices.
11.  Administer Parent Survey	Mr. Jeffrey Farley	November 9, 2012	Google Survey or Survey Monkey survey	The parent survey will focus on Istation, primarily, but also on the students’ attitudes toward school as perceived by those at home. With regard Istation, I hope to learn whether parents are using the resource, how the feel about it, and what would make it easier for them do so if they are not.
12.  Administer mid-year STAR Universal Screen	Mr. Jeffrey Farley, Reading department teachers	January 7, 2013-January 18, 2013	Campus STAR Reading subscription, computer labs (3 labs/3 days)	Mid-year Universal Screen will look for students who may have dropped during the first half of the year or entered the school during that time but after the initial Screen. All students will, again, be compared against every other student on the campus.
13.  Begin promoting STAAR Incentive program	Campus Incentive Committee	January 7, 2013-April 26, 2013	Box Tops for Education funding, School Dance & other special event funds to purchase performance incentive prizes	Incentive Committee will begin promoting STAAR Incentive giveaways to be drawn on the last day of the school year with incentive drawing opportunities tied to STAAR performance. This program will be used to motivate students in the sample to redouble their efforts in the program and to achieve benchmark scores in Progress Monitoring assessments.
14.  Administer STAAR Reading assessment	Entire Marshall MS faculty	April 3, 2013 (8th grade) and April 24, 2013 (6th & 7th grade)	State-provided Assessment	The STAAR Assessment will be one of the major, overall assessments of whether students improved throughout the course of the year. By comparing scaled scores with the 2012 scaled scores (to be reported in January 2013), we can begin to assess overall improvement.
15.  Administer end-of-year STAR Universal Screen	Mr. Jeffrey Farley, Reading department teachers	May 1, 2013-May 15, 2013	Campus STAR Reading subscription, computer labs (3 labs/3 days)	End-of-year Universal Screen will provide a second assessment of overall reading progress based on scaled score, grade equivalency increases, and increases in Instructional Reading Levels (IRLs). All students will, again, be compared against every other student on the campus.
16.  Make recommend-dations for placement for 2013-2014 school year based upon preliminary STAAR data and Spring Universal Screen data	Mr. Jeffrey Farley, Mrs. Shannon Allen, Mrs. Ava Batiste	May 15, 2013-June 7, 2013	Disaggregated STAAR data, STAR Universal Screen data, Istation data (where available), Master Schedule	Reassess Master Schedule to determine whether more sections of Reading Improvement are necessary/possible. Analyze assessment data comparing STAAR Performance, Spring Universal Screen data, and Istation data (most current, where available). Assess number of slots in Reading Improvement classes for next school year, determine need for returning students, and determine a reasonable (large as possible) number of seats to save for incoming sixth graders.
17.   Distribute STAAR Incentive rewards at the end-of-year Pep Rally	Incentive Committee	June 7, 2013	STAAR Incentive prizes purchased with Incentive Committee funds	All students gather in the gymnasium on the last day of school to be present for the drawings for STAAR Incentive gifts. All students are entered once in the drawing. Students receive additional entries for every STAAR test passed at Level II (Satisfactory Performance), and additional entries beyond that for every STAAR test passed at Level III (Advanced Performance).