AR Project Summary

My action research plan is dealing with reducing student dropout in an allied health career school. My activities included making decision, using policy handbooks, collecting data and students’ assessments. So far I have gathered updated information from the director’s guide of state policies, compared students’ grades, browsed the internet for sample assessments and printed out enrollment checklist. I conducted student assessment and while conducting the students’ assessment, I gave students forms to fill out to get their opinions of the class and school structure; more like a survey to see if they’re satisfied with the way things are going and if they’re not, what do they think can happen to improve the system. I also went through students’ files to make sure all their documents are complete and adheres to the state policy. I put together and gathered the grades of students who were accepted into the program due to performing well in the assessment and I compare them with previous students’ grades. I had some staff members review the student’s assessment and made suggestions and then had other staff members go through the files to make sure that all the required documents are inside students’ files just like I did. I checked prior and present students’ class average and made a decision on the method that works best in assessing the students, composed students’ entrance assessment that meets states’ standard, placed student’s documents in a particular order inside their files and have instructors confirm the grades of each student.