The purpose of this study was to assess the practices of action research inrngovernment secondary of Addis Ababa city administration. An attempt wasrnmade whether action research schools was conducted and implemented in thernschools to solve real educational problems in classrooms.rnTo this end, 10 sample Government secondary schools were selected out of thern50 found in the ten sub-cities of the City Administration (one from each subcity)rnusing purposive sampling technique. The sample schools considered forrnthe study were Addis ketema, Bulbula, Tikur Anbessa, Beshali, Medhnialem,rnTemenga yaz, Ayer-tena, Africa Hibret, Lafto and Higher-12.rnDescriptive survey method supplemented by structured interview andrndocument analysis was used to collect relevant data from the respondents ofrneach selected government high school. School level respondents comprised ofrndirectors, teachers, members of student council and members of PTAs. Expertsrnof Sub-city Education Office have also participated in the study. A total of 194rnrespondents were selected as a sample for the study. These comprised of 10rndirectors, 10 members of student council, 10 members of PTAs 10 experts ofrnSub-city Education Office and154 teachers selected using purposive samplingrnmethods, which is a quota sampling technique. The collected data werernanalyzed and interpreted in SPSS software using percentages.rnThe findings of the study revealed that the practice of action research in AddisrnAbaba City Government high schools was not adequate to solve day-to-dayrnteaching learning problems of all high schools. Almost leadership of the schoolsrn. under investigation was found poor supportive and the involvement of experts,rnmembers of PTAs and members of students' council was also poor. Therntendency to conduct action research of teachers' was weak, and lack ofrncapacity to conduct action. research was seen as a problem of the schools. Thernscarcity of finance and other resources were also found as aggravating for thernfailure of participation in conducting action research. Accordingly, the abovernproblems seem to have led the practice of action research in Addis Ababa cityrngovernment high schools to be poor.rnTo alleviate the above-mentioned problems, the schools should orgamzerntraining programs to the teachers and other concerned bodies at the schoolrnlevel. The leadership should be supportive and committed in assisting andrndesigning systems to develop full participation of teachers to undertake actionrnresearch in the schools. School leadership should also prepare and providernincentives to encourage teachers' involvement in action research