Abstract

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the Advancement Via Individual Determination (AVID) program and to derive estimates of program costs. We used the Coarsened Exact Matching approach to match AVID students with non-AVID students on 40 baseline characteristics. After matching, we estimated group differences in high-school graduation and college enrollment. We used the ingredients method to estimate program costs and calculated cost-effectiveness ratios by the duration of participation. Findings indicate that students who complete at least one AVID elective have higher high school graduation and college enrollment rates than comparable non-AVID students. We discuss how AVID compares to other college outreach programs in terms of costs and effects.

摘要

这项研究的目的是评估通过个人确定的进步（AVID）计划并得出计划成本的估算值。我们使用Coarsened Exact Matching方法将40个基线特征的AVID学生与非AVID学生进行匹配。匹配后，我们估计了高中毕业和大学入学率的群体差异。我们使用成分法来估计计划成本，并根据参与时间估算成本效益比。研究结果表明，完成至少一项AVID选修课的学生比非AVID的学生具有更高的高中毕业率和大学入学率。我们讨论在成本和效果方面，AVID与其他大学拓展计划的比较。