Small gaps in AVID experiences by gender, achievement, and grade, with girls, lower achievers, and tenth graders more positive¶

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Subclaims¶

q2 i? Girls are generally more positive about AVID than boys, particularly about teacher support and skills learned; lower-achieving students are more positive than higher achievers, particularly about skills; tenth graders are more positive than ninth graders, particularly on the postsecondary measure. → Jenny Nagaoka 2007

Evidence¶

Jenny Nagaoka 2007¶

Jenny Nagaoka, Jonah Deutsch, Andy Brake, Melissa Roderick. (2007). Individual School Report: Responses from the 2007 AVID SURVEY. Consortium on Chicago School Research. http://ccsr.uchicago.edu/AVID

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Summary of measures by student type from the 2007 CPS AVID survey, comparing standardized measure scores across ITBS achievement categories, gender, and grade. The report states "Girls are generally more positive about AVID than boys, particularly about teacher support and the skills they have learned through AVID", that lower-achieving students are generally more positive, particularly about skills, and that tenth graders are more positive than ninth graders, particularly on the postsecondary measure.

"Girls are generally more positive about AVID than boys, particularly about teacher support and the skills they have learned through AVID."

Discussion¶

Learner Variables¶

• Gender — predictor: outcomes differ by group: a gap reflecting circumstances and treatment, not a cause

Related Claims¶

• Students in high and highest rated AVID schools are overwhelmingly positive about the program's impact on them — related
• Even students in lowest-rated AVID schools are fairly positive, though only half would recommend AVID to friends — related
• Education Corps tutoring effects are stronger for boys (+0.33) than for girls (near zero), attributed to girls benefiting more from Tier 1 instruction — related
• AVID students in CPS report extremely high satisfaction with the program — related
• Latino girls reported higher belonging and achievement than boys, and Latino subgroup and parent-education differences emerged in the sixth grade — related