The purpose of my research project is to work with other administrators to assist in helping develop a strategy or plan to improve state test scores. The groups that I would like to focus on, are the LEP (limited english proficiency), at-risk, and low socio-economic students. There are a couple of benefits in conducting this research. These students are sometimes given a negative label regarding their future, which is why it's important to work with them, so that they can feel accomplished and confident in their abilities as a future contributor of society. A big purpose in making these groups a focal point, is to improve the success of the school as a whole to be able to make AYP, which is also a concern for many public schools in the state of Texas. As we all know, scores from special ed and some LEP students didn't count for AYP before, but now everyone's scores are calculated in the equation of meeting AYP.
Ultimately, graduation is the goal for us and the students. However, they can't need that goal without having success with the state tests. Our school already has things in place to help these kids, but I believe we can do more to improve the passing rate.
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