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Expanding AP ® to Reach Diverse Populations: A Research-Based Approach

College Board Forum October 26, 2007. Expanding AP ® to Reach Diverse Populations: A Research-Based Approach. Granger B. Ward, AVID Center Joyce Suber, SDCOE AVID. What is AVID?. A districtwide approach to college preparation A direct support structure for first-generation college goers

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Expanding AP ® to Reach Diverse Populations: A Research-Based Approach

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  1. College Board Forum October 26, 2007 Expanding AP® to Reach Diverse Populations: A Research-Based Approach Granger B. Ward, AVID Center Joyce Suber, SDCOE AVID

  2. What is AVID? • A districtwide approach to college preparation • A direct support structure for first-generation college goers • A schoolwide approach to curriculum and • rigor working in over 2,700 middle schools • and high schools in 45 states and 15 • countries (over 250,000 students) • A professional development program • providing training throughout the U.S.

  3. The Mission of AVID To ensure that ALL students, and especially the least served students 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, and • will become educated, responsible participants and leaders in a democratic society.

  4. Meeting the Challenge • To help all students do rigorous work and meet or exceed high standards in each content area we must help them: • Develop as readers and writers; • Develop deep content knowledge; • Know content specific strategies for reading, writing, thinking and talking; • Develop habits, skills, and behaviors to use knowledge and skills.

  5. Why AVID Works AVID: • Places AVID students in rigorous curriculum and gives them the support to achieve; • Provides the explicit “hidden curriculum” of schools; • Provides a team of students for positive peer identification; and • Redefines the teacher’s role as that of student advocate.

  6. What is Academic Rigor? Rigor is helping students develop the capacity to understand content that is: complex, ambiguous, provocative, and personally or emotionally challenging. Taking rigorous courses opens doors -and minds! Source: Teaching What Matters Most; Standards and Strategies for Raising Student Achievement by Strong, Silver and Perini, ASCD, 2001.

  7. AVID: Collaborative Support for the Success of Underserved Students Colleges and Universities AVID Support Staff Community Parents AVID Coordinator (AVID Elective Teacher) Student Administration Tutors Subject Area Teachers Counselors

  8. A Sample Week in AVID Elective Daily or Block* Schedule • AVID Curriculum includes: • Writing Curriculum • College and Careers • Strategies for Success • AVID Tutorials include: • Collaborative Study Groups • Writing Groups • Socratic Seminars

  9. The Data • 73.5% were represented by Hispanic, African American, Native American and Multi-racial students • 76.4% were accepted to a four-year college • 88.6% planned to attend the four-year institution to which they were accepted • Overall, 98.0% of this cohort planed to attend either a two or four-year college or university

  10. AVID National

  11. AVID’S Low Income/Diverse Students Meet the UC/CSU ‘a-g’ Course Requirements

  12. AVID Graduates • 98% plan to enroll in a college or university • 67% plan to enroll in a four-year university • 31% plan to enroll in a two-year college • 84% of parents have less than a four-year collegedegree Source: AVID Center Data Collection System, 2005-2006 Percentages have been rounded to the nearest whole percent

  13. SUHSD 8th Grade Algebra Enrollment Sources: www.avidonline.org Data Collection 05-06 & 06-07 SUHSD Fall 05 & Fall 06 EOC Exam Totals

  14. SUHSD 8th Grade Algebra Enrollment Sources: www.avidonline.org Data Collection 05-06 & 06-07 SUHSD Fall 05 & Fall 06 EOC Exam Totals

  15. How Do Schools Influence College Preparation & Choice? Expectations and assumptions Classes placed (or tracked) into Flow and content of information Specific options highlighted or downplayed Other ways:

  16. Mar Vista High SchoolIdeal AVID Schedules Freshman Sophomore If student enters at Algebra 1 level, he/she must complete Geometry during the summer before sophomore year Student will take Health during the summer before junior year.

  17. Mar Vista High SchoolIdeal AVID Schedules Junior Senior

  18. Mar Vista High SchoolAVID students in AP Courses

  19. Mar Vista High SchoolAVID students in AP Calculus Note:Pass Rate for AVID students was comparable to entire calculus class

  20. What would happen if we shifted our school culture from graduation to preparation for college? These critical questions can impact our school culture and the students we serve…

  21. AVID Center AVIDonline.org

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