AVID (meaning Advancement Via Individual Determination) is a college-preparatory program designed to aid economically disadvantaged, and academically average first-generation students of both elementary and high schools into college. Originating at the high school level, the program now serves fifth grade through twelfth grade students (roughly, ages 10-18). Main article: Secondary education High school is a name used in some parts of the world, and particularly in North America, to describe the last segment of compulsory education. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Grade 1, Grade 2, Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8, Grade 9, Grade 10, Grade 11, Grade 12 and Grade 13 (Discuss) Fifth grade (called Grade 5 in some regions) is a... A high school senior is a student in the final year of education in the United States and other countries; generally 12 years after kindergarten or 17-18 years of age. ...

AVID was developed in 1980 by Mary Catherine Swanson, who was an English teacher in Clairemont High School at San Diego, California, in order to assist an influx of academically less prepared students following court-ordered desegregation. As of the 2005-06 academic year, AVID figures showed that the program had grown from the original one-school model to serving nearly 2,300 schools worldwide. Ramona High School AVID program of Riverside, California, is currently the largest AVID program in the world. 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday. ... Clairemont High School is a high school located in the Clairemont neighborhood of San Diego, California belonging to the San Diego Unified School District. ... Flag Seal Nickname: Americas Finest City Location Location of San Diego within San Diego County Coordinates , Government County San Diego Mayor City Attorney         City Council District One District Two District Three District Four District Five District Six District Seven District Eight Jerry Sanders (R) Michael Aguirre Scott Peters Kevin... Official language(s) English Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Area  Ranked 3rd  - Total 158,302 sq mi (410,000 km²)  - Width 250 miles (400 km)  - Length 770 miles (1,240 km)  - % water 4. ... Desegregation is the process of ending racial segregation, most commonly used in reference to the United States. ...

In addition to offering challenging coursework, the program strives to improve students' study skills (e.g., time management and note-taking) and their metacognitive abilities. As one writer described the approach, "AVID programs focus not on factual questions — "Who commanded the Union Army at the first Battle of Bull Run?" — but on process-related questions — "How can I remember things like the name of the commander, Brig. Gen. Irvin McDowell?"^[1] Time management includes tools or techniques for planning and scheduling time, usually with the aim to increase the effectiveness and/or efficiency of personal and corporate time use. ... A mind map connects ideas together visually Notetaking is the practice of writing pieces of information, often in an informal or unstructured manner. ... Metacognition refers to thinking about cognition (memory, perception, calculation, association, etc. ... Two conflicts during the American Civil War were known as Battle of Bull Run or Battle of Manassas: First Battle of Bull Run Second Battle of Bull Run This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ...

Statistics and results

As of 2006, nearly half of enrolled students (49.4%) were Latinos, and the organization has experienced particular success with that subgroup in increasing participation in the Advanced Placement (AP) testing program. Sixty-one percent of Latino/a students in the AVID program took AP tests in 2004-05, compared to a national rate of 11%.^[2] (The table referenced does not indicate whether national figures include the AVID participants.) // The term Latino is a linguistic identity that refers to an individual that has significant ancestry from a nation-state where a Latin derived language is spoken or is the offical language of the government. ... Advanced Placement (AP) is the term used to describe high school classes that are taught at a college level. ...

The program also measures results by examining the percentage of students applying & being admitted to four-year colleges, rates of admission to the competitive University of California and California State University systems, completion of the entry requirements to those systems, high school graduation rates, and rates of eighth grade students taking and passing algebra courses (necessary to most advanced math and science study). By all of these criteria, the program has been judged as successful, though more so with some ethnic groups than with others.^[3] The University of California (UC) is a public university system in the state of California. ... The California State University (CSU) is one of three public higher education systems in the state of California, the other two being the University of California system and the California Community College System. ... Eighth grade is a year of primary education in the United States and Canada (in Canada its often referred to as Grade 8). ...

Notes

1. ^ Garcia, Juan. "Putting kids on path to higher education," The Dallas Morning News, August 10, 2006
2. ^ Ethnic Breakdown of AP Test Takers - AVID vs. National
3. ^ "Number Crunching," AVID Online

External links

• AVID Online - official website.