AVID National Demonstration School

Richardson High School was first validated as a National Demonstration School in 2013. We just recently re-validated again in the spring of 2024. Earning Demonstration School status places RHS within an elite top 3% of all AVID schools worldwide.

AVID National Demonstration Schools are exemplary models of the AVID College Readiness System.

Demonstration Schools undergo a rigorous validation process and are required to be re-validated every few years to ensure high levels of implementation, with quality and fidelity to AVID strategies schoolwide.

AVID National Demonstration Schools are centers of teaching and learning that also serve as models for those interested in learning about the AVID College Readiness System. They clearly demonstrate an ongoing pursuit of excellence, both in the AVID Elective and AVID Schoolwide, to ensure college readiness for all AVID Elective students and improved academic performance for all students based on increased opportunities and support for success.

A National Demonstration School exhibits a college readiness system that is evident across the campus through rigor and high expectations for all students. There is significant evidence of AVID impact schoolwide, particularly with the infusion of AVID methodologies in content-area classrooms. 

Schools and districts interested in implementing AVID, or expanding AVID in their districts or at their schools, can arrange to visit a National Demonstration School and experience a highly successful AVID System in action. At an AVID National Demonstration School, visitors can observe:

- AVID as a schoolwide approach to college readiness.

- Evidence of student achievement schoolwide.

- Strong and committed leadership to college readiness for all students at both school and district levels.

- A center of learning for AVID best practices schoolwide.

- A committed team of trained AVID educators dedicated to successful implementation of the AVID College Readiness System for all students.

- Models for excellent inquiry-based AVID tutorials—both in the AVID Elective and, in some schools, selected content classrooms.

- A showplace of the commitment and synergy that a strong AVID System creates for schoolwide college readiness.