Utilizing A Practitioner-Led Action Research Study to Improve Urban Students’ College Readiness and Pursuit

Year 2019, Volume: 13 Issue: 1, 1 - 30, 30.06.2019

Olcay Yavuz

https://doi.org/10.17522/balikesirnef.511509

Abstract

This practitioner-led
action research study was conducted at a high-poverty urban school and investigated
how participation in a comprehensive school program affects underrepresented
urban students’ college readiness and pursuit. Particularly, this action research
study revealed that urban students who participated in the Comprehensive
College Readiness Access and Success Program (CCRASP) have statistically
significant higher rates of SAT participation, SAT scores, FAFSA completion,
and postsecondary applications compared to other urban students who never
participated in CCRASP. As researchers seek to produce scientific knowledge
that school leaders, policy makers, school counselors and educators can use to
improve urban school systems, this action research study further solidifies
current urgencies to re-visit urban schools’ academic and counseling support
services.

Keywords

Program Evaluation, Urban Education, College Readiness, Equity and Access

Utilizing A Practitioner-Led Action Research Study to Improve Urban Students’ College Readiness and Pursuit

Abstract

This practitioner-led
action research study was conducted at a high-poverty urban school and investigated
how participation in a comprehensive school program affects underrepresented
urban students’ college readiness and pursuit. Particularly, this action
research study revealed that urban students who participated in the Comprehensive
College Readiness Access and Success Program (CCRASP) have statistically
significant higher rates of SAT participation, SAT scores, FAFSA completion,
and postsecondary applications compared to other urban students who never
participated in CCRASP. As researchers seek to produce scientific knowledge
that school leaders, policy makers, school counselors and educators can use to
improve urban school systems, this action research study further solidifies
current urgencies to re-visit urban schools’ academic and counseling support
services.

Keywords

Program Evaluation, Urban Education, College Readiness, Equity and Access

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