EDLD 5326 - Progress Report

Action Research Project Title: Using Online Curriculum for Test Remediation Blog URL: leersanchez.blogspot.com Number of AR Project Documented Hours: 40 AR Project Summary (at least 250 words): My action research project is over the use of technology in the classroom. Our school uses two web based programs that students use for remediation, tutorials, and for test preparation. The programs that our district currently uses are Odysseyware and Study Island. Our district uses Odysseyware that the high school level for credit recovery during summer school. The district has used this program for two years. Study Island is used mostly at the junior high level and at elementary for their tutorials. The purpose of my action research project was to find out if both programs were effective. I taught world geography and had students who failed the world geography end of course exams. These students were supposed to retest even though they were not going to be taking a world geography class. I started to think about how these kids were going to be ready for their world geography test while preparing for another social studies end of course. I teamed up the response to intervention teacher and I told her about my plan to have those students who failed the STAAR end of course use the Odysseyware for their remediation. I had to change my research subjects during the summer after the state decided to cut the number of end of course tests from fifteen to five. I had to include junior high students where used Study island as part of their tutorial programs. During summer school, students who failed parts of the STAAR were brought in for remediation and I had them use Odysseyware for the few weeks they were in remediation. I am currently gathering the final test results and will complete the action research project next month.