AVID's goals are motivating and preparing underachieving students to attend college. Programs generally use students' home language for academic and language arts instruction while students are acquiring proficiency in English for academic purposes.
Students receive academic and language arts instruction in both English and their home language.
Program goal is promoting advanced levels of bilingual proficiency, including literacy and high level standards in academic achievement. Students' home language is also used for academic instruction for significant periods of time. Program goals are advanced levels of proficiency in both languages and high standards in academic achievement. Generally described as a discrepancy between an individual's intelligence and academic achievement. OERI provides national leadership for educational research and statistics.