The Road to College:

Rigor, Readiness, and Relationships

Name Tent Instructions

On BOTH sides, write your name large and in the middle

On ONE side,write: Top left – Which elementary school you attended Top right – Your favorite school subject Bottom left – The best thing you did this summer Bottom right – What superpower you would like to

have

Advancement

Via

Individual

Determination

[L. avidus]: [L. avidus]: eager for knowledgeeager for knowledge

The AVID Elective Curriculum

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Collaborative Support for the Success of Students

Rigor is the goal of helping students develop the capacity to understand content that is complex, ambiguous, provocative, and personally or emotionally challenging.

Taking rigorous courses opens doors!

Source: Teaching What Matters Most; Standards and Strategies for Raising Student Achievement by Strong, Silver and Perini, ASCD, 2001.

What is Academic Rigor?

AVID Closes the Achievement Gap for ALL Students

AVID Center. AVID Senior Data Collection. Study of 22,210 AVID Seniors, [Electronic Database]. (2009 - 2010).

Manhattan Institute, Education Working Paper 3. 2003. Greene, J.P., Forster, G. "Public High School Graduation and College Readiness Rates in the U.S.“ (The most recent national data available.) *Filipino and Other not classified in Manhattan Institute study.