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Advancement via Individual Determination: Project AVID.

Peer reviewed

Swanson, Mary Catherine – Educational Leadership, 1989

Project AVID (Advancement Via Individual Determination) is a four-year elective high school program that prepares underachieving, disadvantaged students to attend college. The program is now implemented in 58 secondary schools in San Diego County, California. (TE)

Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, College Preparation, Compensatory Education, Developmental Studies Programs

What Works for Students at Risk: A Research Synthesis.

Peer reviewed

Slavin, Robert E.; Madden, Nancy A. – Educational Leadership, 1989

Reviews research on instructional practices that help at-risk students. The programs reviewed fall into three general categories: prevention programs at the primary level, classroom change programs, and supplementary/remedial programs. Lists general features that characterize these programs. (TE)

Descriptors: Academic Failure, Compensatory Education, Dropout Prevention, Educationally Disadvantaged