Outcome of the AVID College Preparatory Program on Adolescent Health: A Randomized Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background and objectives

Academic tracking is a widespread practice, separating students by prior academic performance. Clustering lower performing students together may unintentionally reinforce risky peer social networks, school disengagement, and risky behaviors. If so, mixing lower performing with high performing youth ("untracking") may be protective, leading to better adolescent health.

Methods

Advancement via Individual Determination (AVID), a nationally-disseminated college preparatory program, supports placing middle-performing students in rigorous college-preparatory classes alongside high-performing peers. We conducted the first randomized, controlled trial of AVID in the United States, randomizing 270 students within 5 large public high schools to receive AVID (

SUBMITTER: Dudovitz RN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9830585 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature