The Advancement Via Individual Determination (AVID) program was developed to increase the number of secondary students who participate in rigorous academic courses, to accelerate student learning, and to improve student performance. The AVID program in the Houston Independent School District (HISD) targets students who (1) are in the academic middle and earn grades of B, C, and D; (2) desire to go to college; (3) are willing to work hard; (4) are capable of completing rigorous curricula; and (5) are not reaching their full academic potential. Key findings are the following: (1) Overall, 1,462 students were enrolled in the 2013-2014 AVID program, a 10.9 percent decrease from 2012-2013. There was a student enrollment decrease of 25.5 percent at the middle school level and an increase of 3.9 percent at the middle school level; (2) AVID students attained a higher average pre-AP course grade (81.03) that was significantly higher than the pre-AP course grade average for non-AVID students (80.21); (3) The number of exams on which AVID students scored 3 or higher decreased 13.8 percent from 58 in 2012-2013 to 50 in 2013-2014. However, the percentage of the AP exams taken on which students in AVID scored 3 or higher increased 1.1 percentage points from 2012-2013 to 2013-2014; (4) Analyses of program effects on students' STAAR scores revealed the performance differences between AVID and non-AVID students were substantially significant (i.e. effect size = 0.25 standard deviations) in writing at grade 7 (0.51) and grade 8 in science (0.56) and social studies (0.56); and (5) Students in AVID achieved higher average scale scores than their non-AVID peers on all five STAAR EOC assessments administered in 2013-2014 (English I, English II, Algebra I, Biology, and U.S. History). Differences between the groups' scores were statistically significant on all exams with the exception of U.S. History.