Week Four

My inquiry is already a source of emphasis for my district and campus. As such, my site supervisor readily agreed to my topic. She and I have been in close contact through out the duration of this course. I have sought her advice and approval in almost every step of this process. Due to the fact the changes to my plan are minimal. We meet and discussed the final form on the project at 8:30 am on Friday August 6, 2010. My supervisor had only five recommended changes. The first change suggested was in the area of research tools. I had listed that a primary tool for collecting data would be student surveys. I included that parental approval would be sought prior to the administration of the surveys. My supervisor felt there was no need for shuch approval. She recommended that I remove that line. I have removed it accordingly. Changes two, three, four, and five all occurred in the area of monitoring achievement. My Supervisor asked that I add four new criteria for evaluating the progress toward our goal. She requested that we monitor retention rates in AP courses from year to year. Students often choose to leave AP course following their freshman year. She wanted to target that lose. She also wanted to measure the number of students that were enrolled in multiple AP classes. She wanted to gauge fluctuation for both positive and negative movement. Further, she wanted to monitor “drop” rates in AP course. Students are allowed to drop an AP course after the first six weeks. Again she wanted to to gauge positive and negative fluctuations. Final, she wanted to evaluate the new number of students that take the course and do not take the actual AP Exam. She suggested that, that might be an indicator of long term commitment to the AP program.