Action Research Project Update:

 

My action research questions the effectiveness of the program Accelerated Reader (a computer-based reading management program) at raising student reading proficiency levels when students are actively engaged in the program?  My project is going well, all the classes are reading and have active participants.  I made a video to promote the AR store and all the 6^th grade classes showed the video and the students have began spending their AR points to purchase prizes.

I continue to monitor the access to the computers to take the tests as well as monitoring access to the library to ensure that all students have books to read with them at all times.  I will continue to support the reading in every class, everyday.  I am hoping to show that increased time spent reading will lead to an improved reading comprehension level.  I am not planning to have my project completed before June of this year, it takes a while to show growth in student learning.