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Approaches to Dropout Prevention: Heeding Early Warning Sign
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This report from the National High School Center outlines steps that schools can take to identify at-risk students and provide the necessary supports and interventions to help them obtain a high school diploma. It also discusses the use of early warning data systems to target interventions for groups and individual students, describes best practices appraoches undertaken by high-performing schools, and presents effective programs currently being implemented to stem the dropout problem. Available in PDF. http://www.betterhighschools.org/docs/NHSC_Approaches toDropoutPrevention.pdf
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Beyond City Limits: Cross System Collaboration (July 2007)
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This report from the National League of Cities' Institute on Youth, Education, and Families highlights eight cities in which municipal leaders are collaborating across public systems on behalf of "disconnected youth" -- young people ages 16-25 who are high school dropouts, unemployed, transitioning from foster care, involved in the justice system, or lacking connections to family and other caring adults. Available in PDF. http://www.nlc.org/ASSETS/986F4B75DF524770A398BF1459940D57/07_YEF_CaseStudies.pdf
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College Preparation
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The U.S. Department of Education has launched www.college.gov , a new website that aims to motivate students with inspirational stories and information about planning, preparing and paying for college. Designed with students' input and participation, College.gov was created by the U.S. Department of Education to be a go-to online resource for credible information about college that also provides real life experiences of peers who are already attending college.
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Data Collection
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This folder contains documents, reports, and PowerPoint presentations related to the topic of data collection.
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Diploma Options
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This folder contains documents, reports, and PowerPoint presentations on the topic of diploma options.
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Drop Out Issues
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Early Onset Delinquency
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This folder contains a PowerPoint presentation and transcript of a teleconference on early onset delinquency as an indicator of school completion.
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Effective Dropout Interventions
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This folder contains documents, reports, and PowerPoint presentations which describe effective interventions and promising practices to reduce the dropout rate.
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Evidence Based Practices
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High School Reform
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This folder contains articles and Web sites that address issues of high school reform.
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NSTTAC Developed Training Materials for Indicator 13
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The NSTTAC-developed training materials (examples and nonexamples) for Indicator 13 are now available as a Web-based document. Please click http://www.nsttac.org/tm_materials/Default.aspx to access the NSTTAC 1-3 checklist linked to training materials or go to www.nsttac.org and click on Indicator 13 and then Training Materials.
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State Approaches to More Reliable and Uniform Dropout Data
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This issue brief from the National High School Center outlines the need for more accurate dropout and graduation data, while providing a snapshot of work currently underway. By drawing on two prominent methods for calculating graduation rates, the National Governors Association-endorsed longitudinal approach and the Averaged Freshman Graduation Rate, this brief outlines how data are needed to track dropout trends and patterns, as well as how to direct resources and strategies to ensure that more students receive a high school diploma. It concludes by offering recommendations to states. Available in PDF. http://www.betterhighschools.org/docs/NHSC_GradRatesvsdropoutRates_August 2007.pdf
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Teacher Quality
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Teleconferences
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This folder contains descriptions of upcoming and past Exiting Community teleconferences.
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The High Cost of High School Dropouts
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This issue brief from the Alliance for Excellence in Education puts a price tag on what the millions of students who drop out of school each year cost the nation. For the Class of 2007, the cost is $329 billion. That's the amount the nation's economy would have benefits from it the dropouts from the Class of 2007 had instead earned their diplomas. The brief includes a state-by state breakdown for all 50 states and the District of Columbia. Available in PDF. http://www.all4ed.org/files/HighCost.pdf
