AVID is a fourth- through twelfth-grade system to prepare students in the academic middle for four-year college eligibility. It has a proven track record in bringing out the best in students, and in closing the achievement gap. AVID stands for Advancement Via Individual Determination.
AVID began in one classroom at one high school with an original class of 32 students. Now more than 40,000 students have graduated from AVID programs and have gone on to college at a rate one-third higher than the national average.
“… what AVID shows is that high minority achievement can be more ordinary when schools not only insist on academic rigor but also offer personal support. AVID offers a blueprint for this scaffolding.”
- Richard Rothstein, New York Times
The mission of AVID is to ensure that all students, and most especially the least served students who are in the middle:
will succeed in rigorous curriculum
will complete a rigorous college preparatory path
will enter mainstream activities of the school
will increase their enrollment in four-year colleges
will become educated and responsible participants and leaders in a democratic society
AVID’s systemic approach is designed to support students and educators as they increase schoolwide/districtwide learning and performance. |
