My action research project is underway and in the observation and evaluation phase.  I have already had to make a change to my student pool due to an injury to a student that required surgery and a major loss of school time.  The student athlete came down with appendicitis and had to undergo an emergency appendectomy.  This medical issue made his data skewed and he was no longer a viable candidate for the research.  I was able to find another student who met the parameters needed and continue the research.  The replacement student was involved in the same sports and had a similar schedule and GPA to the student that was removed. 

This project will continue for the rest of the school year and is re-evaluated at the end of every six weeks in order to monitor the progress of the students as well as the data that is collected, organized and observed.  I also look for things that might make their data unusable or a poor representation compared to the rest of the group.  I do this in an effort to have the most accurate data possible to draw a hypothesis from. 

So far the project has run smoothly and produced solid data that will be charted and observed.  I will wait until the end of the school year to draw a conclusion from the data so that I have the most complete amount of information possible under the circumstances.  I am looking forward to the evaluation and conclusion phases of the project as well as presenting the findings to my administrative team.