An investigation of achievement in the AVID (Advancement Via Individual Determination) program at the high school level.
Rorie, L. B. (2007). Dissertation Abstracts International, 68(11A), 168–4657.
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examining96Students, grades9-12
Advancement Via Individual Determination (AVID) Intervention Report - Adolescent Literacy
Review Details
Reviewed: September 2010
- Quasi-Experimental Design
- Meets WWC standards with reservations
This review may not reflect the full body of research evidence for this intervention.
Evidence Tier rating based solely on this study. This intervention may achieve a higher tier when combined with the full body of evidence.
Please see the WWC summary of evidence for Advancement Via Individual Determination (AVID).
Findings
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Colorado Student Assessment Program (CSAP): Reading subtest |
Advancement Via Individual Determination (AVID) vs. Business as usual |
Average impact over 2 years of intervention (9th & 10th grade) |
High school sample;
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N/A |
N/A |
No |
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Evidence Tier rating based solely on this study. This intervention may achieve a higher tier when combined with the full body of evidence.
Sample Characteristics
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Study Details
Setting
Participating students attended four high schools in the Pine View School District in suburban Colorado. These schools had been implementing the AVID program for seven or more years. The school district had experienced a 40% increase in enrollment in the past decade, 31% of the district students were minority, 16% spoke a primary language other than English, and 16% of students were eligible to receive free or reduced-priced lunch.
Study sample
The researcher used retrospective archival data to construct the AVID and comparison groups from the graduating classes of 2005 and 2006 that had complete data from 8th through 12th grades and attended the four high schools in the study. Students in the AVID group attended one of the four participating high schools from one school district and had participated in the AVID program for four years (grades 9–12) in high school (but not in 8th grade). The study author did not describe how students chose or were chosen to participate in the program. Non-AVID comparison group students attended the same schools and were matched on ethnicity, gender, and age. This WWC review focuses on the matched comparison sample that equated students on their 8th-grade Colorado State Assessment Program Reading subtest scores. The final sample includes 48 students in the AVID group and 48 students in the comparison group, all of whom graduated from the class of either 2005 or 2006.
Intervention Group
AVID students participated in the AVID elective class, and a majority of their content classes were taught by AVID-trained teachers. The study reported 9th- and 10th-grade student reading test score outcomes, thus measuring program effects after one to two years of participation in the intervention.
Comparison Group
Non-AVID students attended the same schools as the AVID students for all four years of high school, graduated from that high school during the same time period, and did not participate in any AVID electives. However, these students may or may not have been enrolled in classes taught by AVID-trained teachers. Since the AVID program seeks to promote whole school improvement through professional development of school and district personnel, the comparison group in this study may have been exposed to elements of the AVID program even if they did not participate in AVID electives (for example, if they were enrolled in a class taught by an AVID-trained teacher).
Outcome descriptions
Reading comprehension was measured using the Colorado Student Assessment Program (CSAP) Reading subtest. Pre-intervention scores were from 8th grade, and outcomes were from 9th and 10th grades. For a more detailed description of these outcome measures, see Appendix A2.
Support for implementation
Teachers were trained to implement AVID, but no details are available concerning this training.
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