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Supporting Urban School Students' Preparedness for Post-Secondary Study Through Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs (GEAR UP)
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Supporting Urban School Students' Preparedness for Post-Secondary Study Through Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs (GEAR UP)

Carla Johnson, Toni May, Janet Walton and Virginia Bolshakova
Journal of higher education theory and practice, v 23(11), pp 54-68
14 Jul 2023
DOI: https://doi.org/10.33423/jhetp.v23i11.6218
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https://doi.org/10.1016/S0022-5223(94)70289-6View
Published, Version of Record (VoR)Maybe Open Access (Publisher Bronze),  Open
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https://doi.org/10.33423/jhetp.v23i11.6218View
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Abstract

Academic achievement Academic readiness College admissions College students Education Educational attainment Employment Enrollments First generation students Low income groups Mathematics SAT assessment Secondary schools Success Trends Tutoring Urban schools
Despite efforts to increase the number of urban school students from low-income backgrounds who graduate from high school and attend college, success in postsecondary continues to be a pervasive challenge. This study examined a Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness Programs (GEAR UP) high school who had received the intervention program beginning in seventh grade. Findings in the study revealed that there was a significant difference in Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test (PSAT) scores between the intervention and comparison group. GEAR UP students significantly outperformed the comparison group on their composite PSAT score, as well as on mathematics and reading subtests.

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