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

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