Action Research - Week 2 Understanding

This week, I realized that action research can be used in many different ways in the scope of the school setting.  For the most part, I assumed of only looking at school performance or testing when I heard the words action research.  I guess that I thought that was the only thing worthy of studying and trying to improve upon as a school district since that is obviously how we are "graded" in the eyes of the community or state. However, this week I was able to understand that any area is ripe for action research, and they all ultimately lead back to the same point...improving and understanding schools for the better.