The Effect of the AVID Program on Academic Achievement of High School Students
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Abstract
The impact and success of the school program Advancement Via Individual Determination
(AVID) was the focus of the study. Both the experimental and control groups were eleventh and
twelfth grade students who, according to school schedules, were of equal educational ability. The
students involved in the study were from a public Baltimore County high school and received the
same instructional curriculum; however, the experimental group received the treatment of the
AVID program. The study was conducted over the first quarter of the 2010-2011 academic year,
with additional data collected and analyzed from the past three school years. The results of the
study indicated that those students involved in the AVID program demonstrated higher
attendance, elevated grade point average, advanced placement course enrollment, and higher
number of four year college application. Further study is recommended to examine the success
of the AVID students post college.