First and foremost welcome to my blog. I have to admit, this is my first time building a blog. I'm looking forward to having a new venue to communicate with my fellow peers. This would obviously be a perfect place to share educational references and constructive criticism.

As per our endeavours of learning about action research I have to admit that the word research made my face crinkle. The idea of beginning one and the last time I completed one, always the question, where do I begin? Surprisingly I felt comfortable learning that an action research is from a insider's point of view. Instead of others collecting qualitative or imperative data and explaining the process like a traditional research. The perspectives of the principal of course if were talking about the change in an educational setting are more directed to providing valuable information he/she can use. Action research is beneficial to the practitioner and constituencies. Also, reflection plays a big part in the research it provides insight in an administrator's own practice, a road map of thoughts setting forth an action plan for change, hopefully in a productive manner to improve their school and give the principal a sense of where he/she is at in becoming a great leader.

What variables can be changed to improve administered benchmarks/mocks assessments to have conclusive results?

Action Plan
Goal: To Change The Way Assessments Are Given.
Action Steps(s):	Person(s) Responsible:	Timeline: Start/End	Needed Resources	Evaluation
Get copies of the reports to assess results	Ms. Parham, Principal Cynthia Velasquez Liz Aguirre	I will begin with this year’s data and last year’s data	2011 Fifth Grade Benchmarks and 2012 Mocks	Analyze the numbers compare with a few other s schools within the district
Interview	Curriculum Coaches/Ms. Velasquez and Liz Aguirre/ other curriculum coaches	Before this year is over	Steps they take to select tests and compare to other schools selection of tests as well	What is being considered and is anyone aware or consider others concerns
Interview/ what do they do when they administer test/ How do they get prepared	5th Grade Teachers G. Morales M. Ruiz J. Jacobi M. Gamboa J. Villanueva	Before this year is over	Focus Group 5th Grade Teachers	What are the differences amongst teachers/ What’s good, what’s bad?