Action Research Progress!!

I have proceeded as far as I can currently with my action research project.  It entails a comparison of schools which use laptops in their classroom with ours that does not.  I already have emailed some surveys to the superintendents of two districts that I’m using in my project.  I have compiled the data from the surveys and I have entered the information into my power point presentation.  I’m using last year’s AEIS data for part of the comparison.  I have broken that data down into the sub groups already, and have placed this into my power point presentation as well.  In order to finish my project, I must wait for this year’s AEIS data to become available.  STAAR testing makes comparisons at the freshmen and sophomore level impossible to validate without data to compare.  As a result, I am using only sophomore data from last year, and junior data from both years. At this time, the data shows that one district has significant success from the use of laptops in their classrooms, while the other district only appears to be marginally better in their achievements.  In EDLD 5301 we discussed how an action research project may lead to a new inquiry.  This one has.  I now believe that my data may be skewed because of the difference in diversity in one of the districts that I chose to study, but this is why I am also relying on my surveys for added input.   We have since decided to begin the process of installing Wi-Fi to our campus and acquiring laptops for classroom use.  This was the main reason for my inquiry.