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Direct linkWatt, Karen M.; Huerta, Jeffery; Martinez, Jorge – Educational Studies: Journal of the American Educational Studies Association, 2017
This mixed-methods research study offers insights and explanations into gender imbalance in the college readiness program, Advancement Via Individual Determination (AVID). Over 200 schools that have been implementing AVID for more than 4 years across the United States participated in this study. Three years of archived historical data pertaining…
Descriptors: Mixed Methods Research, Gender Differences, High School Students, College Readiness
Huerta, Jeffery; Watt, Karen M. – American Secondary Education, 2015
This quantitative study examined first-year university and community college students who were former Advancement Via Individual Determination (AVID) high school students. Participants in this study were students from groups that are underrepresented in higher education. In the first sample of 329 graduates, grade point average and college credit…
Descriptors: College Preparation, High School Graduates, College Bound Students, Two Year College Students
Watt, Karen M.; Huerta, Jeffery; Alkan, Ersan – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2012
This study examined the initial implementation process of Advancement Via Individual Determination (AVID) in a northern California community college. Focus groups of students, faculty, and administrators were conducted in the spring of 2008, as well as observations of several planning meetings in the spring and summer of 2008. The community…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Focus Groups, Case Studies, Academic Achievement
Huerta, Jeffery; Watt, Karen M.; Reyes, Patricia – Journal of Hispanic Higher Education, 2013
This quantitative study sought to investigate how Advancement Via Individual Determination (AVID) and other high school college preparatory achievements contributed to the college success of underrepresented students enrolled in community colleges and 4-year universities. Eighty-five AVID graduates from 12 Texas high schools attending 5…
Descriptors: Hispanic American Students, College Preparation, High School Graduates, Community Colleges
Watt, Karen M.; Huerta, Jeffery; Mills, Shirley J. – Professional Development in Education, 2010
This study expands on the work of Huerta "et al." (2008) by reexamining the relationship between professional development and teacher leadership using more comprehensive measures of each. By confirming Huerta "et al"'s (2008) finding that Advancement Via Individual Determination (AVID) professional development is a significant predictor of teacher…
Descriptors: School Restructuring, Professional Development, Teacher Leadership, Leadership
Watt, Karen M.; Mills, Shirley J.; Huerta, Jeffery – Journal of School Leadership, 2010
This study identified what attributes principals believe best exemplify a teacher leader in schools implementing the Advancement via Individual Determination (AVID) program and what attributes they take into consideration when selecting an AVID elective teacher. After surveying more than 1,100 principals, we found that principals tended to rate…
Descriptors: Teacher Leadership, Principals, Attitudes, Leadership Qualities
Lozano, Aliber; Watt, Karen M.; Huerta, Jeffery – American Secondary Education, 2009
This study assessed the differences in educational aspirations and educational anticipations between four groups (AVID, GEAR UP, AVID/GEAR UP, and Control) of high school seniors who participated in a previous study as 10th graders (Watt, Huerta, & Lozano, 2007). It also measured whether any change in aspirations and anticipations occurred…
Descriptors: Intervention, Academic Aspiration, Grade 12, High School Seniors
Watt, Karen M.; Johnston, Dennis; Huerta, Jeffery; Mendiola, Irma Doris; Alkan, Ersan – American Secondary Education, 2008
This is a study of the retention behaviors of high school seniors in the Advancement Via Individual Determination (AVID) elective class. The design involves a multiple case study of eight high schools chosen from California and Texas. Focus groups of high school seniors were conducted in four schools in Texas and in four schools in California. The…
Descriptors: Focus Groups, School Holding Power, High School Seniors, Teacher Student Relationship
Watt, Karen M.; Huerta, Jeffery; Lozano, Aliber – Journal of Education for Students Placed at Risk, 2007
This study examines 4 groups of high school students enrolled in 2 college preparatory programs, AVID and GEAR UP. Differences in student educational aspirations, expectations and anticipations, knowledge of college entrance requirements, knowledge of financial aid, and academic achievement in mathematics were examined. Adelman's (1999)…
Descriptors: College Preparation, Mathematics Achievement, Academic Aspiration, Grade 10
