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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
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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
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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
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Watt, Karen M.; Powell, Charles A.; Mendiola, Irma Doris – Journal of Education for Students Placed at Risk, 2004
This is a study of 10 high schools that implemented Advancement via Individual Determination (AVID) during the 1999-2000 academic year as a Comprehensive School Reform model. Student performance data were collected on 1,291 AVID students in these Texas schools. Researchers examined test scores, attendance rates, advanced course enrollment…
Descriptors: School Improvement, Scores, Attendance Patterns, Graduation